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...purple-glowing touch-sensitive circle. Very year 2000. And very irritating if you happen to brush your hand over it, as I did on more than one occasion, only to discover I had turned the machine off. This is why touch-sensitive keyboards never went mainstream. We humans prefer the certainty of pressing buttons...
...aggression, sports jackets to polo shirts. Poor thing. By trying to look strong, he risks appearing weak--a mistake I made once myself. I'm wiser now. Whatever it is that women want in men, they'll want something different next year, with one exception. They'll always prefer guys who use deodorant...
...break putters with you when you lose. But if you have any interest in seeing that respect evolve into full-fledged admiration and fondness, you'd be well-advised to drop the whole self-congratulatory post-win schtick. It's grating. And Americans, pompous as we are, prefer to see our sports heroes pocket their wins with a certain degree of humility. Think of Grant Hill, or Bernie Williams, or Mario Lemieux. We love these guys - and they never have to remind us of just how great they...
...past, med schools used to wary of students who weren't coming straight from college," Michelson said. "Now they seem to prefer the maturity of older applicants...
...Ultra-Orthodox Jews of both Sephardic and Ashkenazi origin have theological difficulties explaining the Holocaust, because it appears to challenge the notion that the Jews are God's chosen people. For the most part, they prefer not to talk about it, and on Israel's annual Shoah day - when the nation is called to observe two minutes of remembrance for those who died - the ultra-Orthodox go about their business even as the majority stop what they're doing and stand in silence. But it remains a cause of considerable discomfort for ultra-Orthodox theologians, not least because so many...