Word: quit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Flintie Ray Williams' calculation, "the basic thing every college basketball player needs to learn is that everyone can't end up in the N.B.A. It took me about a year and a half after I quit playing to fully grasp that. In another place, I think I might have been lost after basketball. Coach Tarkanian helps the players get to that point where they're real with themselves, and then the town generally offers them a living. It's not such a terrible deal." Stars parking cars may not be the jackpot, but they know when to fold...
Tewes agrees that video games can be "pretty addictive," She adds, "And much preferable to studying, especially during reading period and exams. I had to quit playing games because I was always broke." Ed K. Grady '90, a Gladiator fan, says, "It's amazingly addictive because you know that you can always do better. All you have to do is stick in another quarter...
Others also noted that video game devotees were more frequently men than women. "I found out junior year that all the guys who played video games knew who my roommate and I were, because we were the only girls ever in the Union gameroom," Tewes says. "I remember we quit playing Ms. PacMan even though we were awesome because it was a 'girl game.' It became a real matter of pride...
...combination of nicotine gum and behavior modification programs may prove the most effective therapy for smokers who want to quit, according to a study released yesterday by a Kennedy School research institute...
...study, entitled "The Pharmocologic Treatment of Tobacco Dependence: Proceedings of the World Congress," confirms that drug therapy can significantly improve the success of programs geared to helping smokers quit, said the Institute's Executive Director John M. Pinney...