Word: rationales
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Fear, it is true, can be a positive thing. It has often been called (usually by my mother) a great motivator. But that's the rational kind of fear. The irrational kind currently stalking seniors is of a more menacing sort. At one extreme, it can cause paralysis, rendering us...
Today is Friday the 13th, a date forever associated with bad luck and sociopathic hockey players named Jason. In these highly rational times, few take serious note of such superstitious occasions. Sure there is a general awareness, but few business meetings have been rescheduled for fear of offending the spirits...
"He has a knowledge of rational choice theory and U.S. corporate law as well as being an expert on Japanese law," Picker said.
Professor Randall C. Picker, a professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School, pointed to Ramseyer as the leading American on Japanese law who brings a rational choice perspective to legal analysis.
As a person with a mother and an aunt who have Alzheimer's, I very much related to the accuracy of Roger Rosenblatt's description of this horrid disease [ESSAY, Jan. 12]. Being with my mother is like encountering 10 different people at the same time. Which one will be...