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...defended with a lot of heart and character,” Wheaton said. “Sometimes winning games isn’t all about skill and tactics and technique. Sometimes it’s just about gritting it out and having character. And I think we did that today...
...iconic figure, that's to say, whom immense numbers of ordinary Arabs and Muslims, entirely aside from actual fellow terrorists and extremists, will come to identify with as a source of pride and of inspiration, a modern Saladin, a Bonnie Prince Charlie escaping his overwhelming enemy because of his skill, because of the loyalty of his supporters and, as will certainly become part of bin Laden's legend, because Allah willed...
While he praised the nimbleness and skill of the public-health network, the system had been through a tense fire drill. It had taken a week and a half to nail down the diagnosis of anthrax at NBC. At first the baby believed to have been infected at ABC News was thought to have a spider bite. Testing at the CDC lab in Atlanta was delayed for 14 hours after a 1-hr. power failure. Most health-care workers have never seen a case of anthrax, though they are learning what it looks like fast. Many of the national Emergency...
...spend time with each of my children. I worked with my 11-year-old daughter on some of her homework, on science, we were working on some measurements. It is great fun for me to think about how people learn and how you can help people develop the skill to learn things. One of the funnest things in life is learning new things. I also spent some time talking with our 17-year-old son about his college application process.” So where’s it going to be? “I think the best thing...
...ability to critique the writers we read, to absorb their arguments and to grapple with their ideas—to think critically and creatively. Let me now provide a translation: we are able to process a large amount of information in a minimum amount of time, a skill which is unsurprisingly coveted by firms which operate on the Golden Rule of Efficiency, a skill which has a lot to do with professional success, and very little to do with successful citizenship...