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...hiker on a mountain path, for example, sees a long, curved shape in the grass out of the corner of his eye. He leaps out of the way before he realizes it is only a stick that looks like a snake. Then he calms down; his cortex gets the message a few milliseconds after his amygdala and "regulates" its primitive response...
...useful purpose, so long as it doesn't spin out of control. Worrying is a rehearsal for danger; the act of fretting focuses the mind on a problem so it can search efficiently for solutions. The danger comes when worrying blocks thinking, becoming an end in itself or a path to resignation instead of perseverance. Overworrying about failing increases the likelihood of failure; a salesman so concerned about his falling sales that he can't bring himself to pick up the phone guarantees that his sales will fall even further...
THIS WAR HAS PROVED THE INEFFECTIVENESS of the U.N. because of the strong influence exerted on it by the major countries of the West, as well as the unwillingness of the European Union members to sacrifice their economic interest in the area in order to follow a path of dialogue and understanding. IOANNIS TSIONAS Salonika, Greece Via E-mail...
Galluccio also expressed concern that the site would lead to increased congestion along Mass. Ave because it proposed shrinking traffic lanes to accommodate a bicycle path...
There is no mismatch between our genetic makeup and the modern world, for our genes have given us the ability to forge this modern world. They have been built to satisfy our needs, to meet our requirements, to solve our problems. We have evolved to this; the path of human history is not some fluke: it is all that is true; it is who we are. STEPHEN KRIEGER New York City