Word: mental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...players, on the other hand, talk about the phenomenon openly. Instead concentrating on execution, however, they cite mental breakdowns, fatigue and emotion...
...while he focused on the crucial part of any case -- what he called the nub. In pursuit of that, he was brilliantly logical behind his haze of concessions, his diffidence about ancillary matters: "He was not impulsive, fanciful or imaginative; but cold, calm and precise. He threw his whole mental light around the object." In stating the nub, he chose words "that contained the exact coloring, power and shape of his ideas...
...latest issue of Psychosomatic Medicine, a finding that is odd but demonstrably true: men run the greatest risk of dying shortly before their birthday, while women tend to die in the week just after. The biological reason is unclear, but speculation is focusing on the possible connection between mental state and physical health -- and no wonder, since the study was done in California. The increased risk is small enough that no one should worry, say the experts -- but to be safe, don't schedule major elective surgery for that time of year...
...went to goal and had the opportunities," Harvard Coach Sue Caples said. "We just couldn't convert, and we committed a lot of critical mental errors...
...Those mental mistakes last night allowed Springfield to tally two goals in the first 17 minutes of the second period. The two initial Maroon scores both came off penalty corners and were more products of Harvard miscues than Springfield execution...