Word: imparter
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...hours, is easily extended, and is not easily detected by those who should be warned of the partial incapacitation of the potted. The quality of the mind depends on the sum of experiences in judging whether information is reliable or false. Chronic exposure to conditions which produce hallucination must impart memory reference which may impair long-term judgment. Proof that pot is safe or harmful will require study of thousands of habitual users over long periods of time to achieve statistical validity. Proof of deterioration of the health of cigarette smokers was established in this way. The evidence is strong...
...TEACH. Abraham Kaplan, professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, illustrates how he works "to shape a man's temper of mind" rather than merely impart "textbook facts...
...number of children one will have, and I look at other lines that are of interest but of lesser importance. I receive from 25c to $2.00 for my services, depending on how much the subject wants to know, but money is not the object. I am quite willing to impart what knowledge I have of the future whether there is money involved or not, for I feel a certain obligation to make my knowledge available to other people, and I enjoy doing...
...Grand Teton national parks. Best shot: a bear wakes with a roar from his drug-induced slumber and charges head-on into the side of the Craigheads' car. The Craigheads, though, are the real stars; urban viewers can only admire the intelligence and understanding with which they impart to their children a respect and fascination for natural life...
...curious quality of those who suffer least from these disabilities not fully to understand the source of their strength. An Englishman, an expert in guerrilla warfare, put it, I think brilliantly, to a Washington friend about a year ago. The visitor was asked why American efforts to impart the rudiments of orderly government seemed to have so little success in underdeveloped countries. "Elemental" was the reply. "You teach them all your techniques, give them all the machinery and manuals of operation and standards of performance, and the more you do it the more they become convinced and bitterly resentful...