Word: self
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...center of a rat's brain and the rat is given access to a lever that causes a discharge to the electrode, the animal will pull down on the lever again and again and again until it dies from hunger and exhaustion. No animal has the human capacity for self-control. But then, sadly, neither does any other animal have our gift for rationalization...
Before the meeting began, Carron--a self-described moderate Democrat representing a district in Worcester county--explained his early endorsement of Bradley...
This year, the celebration also attracted about 500 Wiccans, self-professed modern-day witches for whom this is an important holiday and an important place. Salem, headquarters of the Witches' League for Public Awareness, is apparently a hotbed of Wiccan activity...
...hallway, and the same measurements were taken. Participants exposed to positive words had a noticeable spring in their step, researchers say, and were steadier on their feet, while those who registered the negative words moved at their pre-game pace. "Of course," says TIME medical writer Christine Gorman, "positive self-image alone isn't enough to get you through your old age in good shape," she says. "But these results are logical: If you have a positive sense of self, you are more likely to exercise and to take care of yourself." Specific types of fitness routines are important...
...course, authenticity, even if you stumble upon it, may be overrated. The late literary critic Lionel Trilling noted that authenticity was a relatively modern idea. Until the Romantic era, you were not supposed to reveal your true self to the world. Now, that's all we're supposed to do. But think of our fearless World War II leaders. What if F.D.R. had let it all hang out about his physical pain, or Winston Churchill had talked through his depression? Keeping things to yourself isn't the worst thing for a candidate, a leader--or the rest...