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...When you’re down, you have to maintain confidence,” said junior varsity stroke Dan Reid, “or else that’s just not good racing...
...Good teachers know their curriculum, maintain order and enjoy the company of children. "But at the end of the day," says P. & C. boss Brownlee, "those children belong to a family." Just as nurses in pediatric wards must be constantly reassuring the relatives of the sick, she says, teachers are obliged to accommodate parents, even those lacking in tact and good manners...
...Americana, evoking Willy Loman and citing a real-life struggling Minnesota wholesaler. Friedman’s pal the wholesaler may have a legitimate complaint that he can no longer “stop by the office, give the buyers a few Vikings’ tickets,” and maintain a friendly rapport with his customers. But the wholesaler’s grievance seems frivolous compared to the sense of disillusionment and dislocation felt by citizens of the developing world who see traditional culture eroded by globalization...
...problem is too little opinion, not too much," he writes, arguing that some periodicals need to provide perspectives often slighted by the mainstream media's fixation on "official" news. Navasky brings a clear-eyed candor to discussing the lengths to which his magazine has gone to maintain its viability: he admits to appearing on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor--a frequent target of the Nation's jeremiads--solely to boost circulation...
Reflecting upon personal experience, Petersen said, “as a freshman going through the blocking process, there were definitely people in my entryway I would like to be near, but it is difficult to maintain social relationships just because of the sheer distance...