Word: phobias
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...occurred to me that we also share a deeper affinity, a habit of mind that's been instilled or reinforced during our time here: our deep phobia of risk, of taking chances...
...course, it's entirely possible that this phobia of risk that is branded upon the Harvard student's soul is not a result of our Ivy-pedigree education, but our decision to take part in it in the first place. Students who are admitted to Harvard haven't made many mistakes. While Byerly Hall does a fantastic job of putting together diverse classes, perhaps this risk-minimizing ethos is the exception. After all, with the luxury of a seven-percent admit rate, why would Harvard's gatekeepers bother taking risks with the future...
...Nevada in 1957, a time of rock 'n' roll (Elvis' Hound Dog is on the sound track), greasy-haired juvenile delinquents (including the main new character, Shia LaBeouf's Mutt Williams), commie-phobia (and why not? The Soviets have just penetrated a U.S. military base), fear of the Bomb (hmm, what's that mushroom cloud on the horizon?) and mass sightings of UFOS (coming soon to an archaeological dig near...
...stepped into The Gilberti Family: The Movie. We abandoned the map, followed a hunch, and let go of reality. After all, that’s what it takes to get out of the ordinary. The next day my stomach recovered, but I will always blame my clean plate phobia on that episode in Italy. Sure, I have a healthier sense of who I am and where I come from, but no appetite for tiramisu for at least the next few decades...
...Lane specifically focuses on “social phobia,” which he personally believes is in reality nothing more than shyness. Criterion D for Social Phobia in the DSM is “the social or performance situation is avoided, although it is sometimes endured with dread.” If you experience dread in performance situations and “a marked and persistent fear of social or performance situations in which embarrassment may occur” (Criterion A), then you may have Social Phobia, just like an estimated three to 13 percent of the general population...