Word: mentality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Phillips stresses that fencing is both mental and physical, more so than any other sport. "You are constantly watching the other guy. You are constantly guessing what you're going to do and second-guessing how he's gonna react. And all the while, you have to be an athlete. It's not just brute athleticism...
They said XTC was dead. After years spent in and out of mental institutions, fans and critics believed lead singer and lyricist Andy Partridge was permanently committed. After a soaring success with the 1986 album Skylarking and its hit single "Dear God," the group was reportedly breaking...
...boyfriend, a local doctor. Allison and Luce did not know each other before the expedition, and though they are friendly enough, it seems doubtful that their lives from this point will take them in similar directions. The contrast in character is too great. Even the extraordinary physical and mental strengths that each possesses are of sharply divergent kinds. Luce is a big, powerful, easygoing soul who for several years ran her own restaurant in Seattle. When the restaurant began to consume her life, she quit cold and took a job as a bicycle messenger. With nothing much...
Reynolds echoes this sentiment. "He knows the game better than anyone," she says. "He doesn't teach just the technical skills, but he teaches the mental approach to the game...
...realize that it is not such a great mental burden to memorize eight commands to pass this ridiculous test. Had I felt it was worth the time and effort to pick through the booklets to learn the intricacies of "the script command," I could have spared myself much mental anguish. But it is not worth wasting precious time learning something useless that will soon be forgotten...