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...most high school graduates. I do not think that less used words should be deterged from the vocabulary of any spoken language. I think that we have to teach them and use them more. The use of complex words improves thought as well as our philosophical and mental universe. Marika Borrelli, AVELLINO, ITALY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Candidates, Two Styles | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...popped. Roxanna stared, aghast. Who was this man? The stranger looked at her, his lips parting. There, perched against the edge of his upper teeth, was the tip of his tongue, which darted forward when he saw her, as if tasting the air. Roxanna’s conscious mental processes had abandoned her completely, and it was only by virtue of her years of training that she managed to mumble an apology and shut the door behind her. Back in the hallway, she fell into confusion. Her first instinct was toward prayer (her first instincts were almost always toward prayer...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy: Chapter 11 | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Nevertheless, close-ups of Jolie manage to make us feel what we ought to feel. In the glitter of her huge doe eyes we recognize the docility of a character who, at first, is neither radical nor rebel. When Carol Dexter (Amy Ryan), a prostitute imprisoned in the same mental asylum, tells Christine, “I had two abortions by back-alley doctors. I didn’t have a choice to fight for my kids...don’t stop,” we see the beginnings of determination working in the very way Jolie holds herself. It?...

Author: By Naomi C. Funabashi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Changeling' | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...credentials–his lifetime of service, his bipartisan politics, his ability to rally a party divided, his fierce following in Arizona–and focus on your own. The only concept more ingrained in Harvard students than the election is the vague concept of our mental superiority, our supreme privilege to walk into Harvard classrooms, and our uneasy discomfort with being the “chosen ones.” While we can debate the merits of these claims, let us instead use our mental gifts to choose the right leader for tomorrow: John McCain...

Author: By Andrew J. Crutchfield, Peyton R. Miller, and Rachel L. Wagley | Title: Underdog to the Rescue | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...flesh sessions. "Hell, no," says Dr. Alexander Obolsky, a psychiatrist at Northwestern University School of Medicine and a proponent of remote services. "Nothing is going to replace a well-trained psychiatrist providing face-to-face treatment. But it may bring a different set of patients to mental health who can benefit." Patients like the women Stark has reached. Even if the only advantage of telemental health were to bring like-suffering people together on the Web, say experts, that's an essential first step in mental healing - recognizing that you need support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Couch Online: Does Tele-Therapy Work? | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

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