Word: reassertion
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...mathematician's ears, there is something else going on. Typically, after a few seconds of chaotic clapping, an audience will slip into synchronized applause, like two people adjusting their strides until they walk in step. But just as walkers will reassert their natural gait, a clap-happy audience will fall in and out of synch repeatedly. According to a study of ovations in Romania and Hungary, this back-and-forthing is due to conflicting needs: the wish to make the most possible noise (random clapping) vs. the urge to clap in unison. People switch from one to the other...
...There is a great deal of disdain,and therefore we have to reassert our moral authority. Moral authorityshould not be left for religious leaders alone. As educators, we have anobligation to set the moral tone of the nation...