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None of the kids noticed that the researchers were mimicking them. And yet compared with those who were not imitated, the students who were mimicked reported liking the researchers more and thinking the interaction went more smoothly. In short, when people imitate us - nodding when we do, tilting their heads when we do - we are more willing to be their ally...
...diagnose just about anything? There are. If you go to any community of doctors, they will be able to list three or four doctors who seem to know everything. We all know who they are. Different doctors will name different people, but you'll come up with a very short list. (Read an interview with President Obama on health care...
...report, he would not be turned over to the South Koreans but would be allowed to continue his education in electrical engineering in the U.S. After a two-week interrogation, I was directed to turn him over to the CIA, who would then follow through with the agreement. A short time later, I heard that the CIA thought he might be a double agent and was considering eliminating him. I never heard anything about him again but have always wondered what they did with him. Albert R. Wight, POWELL...
...writing, polemic and even photography. Wood says the magazine will eventually produce themed issues, but for now, readers can expect the unexpected. Dip into recent copies and you'll find them packed with everything from poetry by Margaret Atwood to a photo-essay on the Mumbai bombings to experimental short fiction by emerging Singaporean writer O Thiam Chin...
...plenty of Asian voices that might otherwise remain unheard. "Without the ALR it would be impossible, unless you had a really a deep interest in a certain country, to read many of these authors," says Montreal-based Filipino author Miguel Syjuco, who had never been published internationally until his short story "Leaves in the Rain: Redux" first came to light in an ALR issue. (His unpublished novel Ilustrado won the Man Asian Literary Prize last year.) "It's opened up a channel," he says. "It's like the Panama Canal...