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...teams to solve computational problems from previous versions of the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT). Before the work began, the participants informed the researchers - but not their team members - of their real-world scores on the math portion of the SAT. When the work was finished, the people who spoke up more were again likelier to be described by peers as leaders and likelier to be rated as math whizzes. What's more, any speaking up at all seemed to do. Participants earned recognition for being the first to call out an answer, but also for being the second...
...both their level of influence on the group and, more important, their level of competence. The work sessions were videotaped, and a group of independent observers performed the same evaluations, as did Anderson and Kilduff. All three sets of judges reached the same conclusions. Consistently, the group members who spoke up the most were rated the highest for such qualities as "general intelligence" and "dependable and self-disciplined." The ones who didn't speak as much tended to score higher for less desirable traits, including "conventional and uncreative...
...arms to comfort those who had lost a child or a mate or all they owned, police delivered more chilling news: some of the fires had been deliberately lit. "There's no words to describe it other than it's mass murder," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said. Rudd spoke too of rebuilding towns "brick by brick, school by school, community hall by community hall." Getting over the heightened fear of nature's fury might take longer...
...were singing. To our right, a middle-aged couple from Seattle sat smiling. It was their first time in Washington, first time in a crowd this large, they said. I was with my girlfriend, whom I met almost a year ago in Cairo. I held her close as he spoke of the Muslim world: “To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West—know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy...
...said resident Heather M. Hoffman, addressing the union representatives present at the meeting. According to ARE Regional Vice President Tom Andrews, building labspace in East Cambridge will bring the city between $9 million and $12 million in property taxes annually. Nearly a dozen residents of East Cambridge spoke in opposition to the proposal, some holding signs that read “Too Big, Too Close, Too Toxic.” They alleged that the rezoning would allow overly tall buildings and the construction of labs handling airborne pathogens. ARE—a Pasadena, Calif.-based company—had developed...