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...seniors will need resolve, because the gift committee resorts to peer pressure. “Stress participation,” the Survival Guide says to solicitors. “Talk specifically about ‘joining with other classmates’ who have made a gift.” Seniors already determined not to give should just say no. They should be forceful about it, too, because the committee also knows how to resist stalling tactics: “By giving now,” according to the Guide, “you won’t be contacted...
...exam (“two and a half hours should be enough to learn the entire course” is most definitely a phrase I have never uttered) and worst of all, generally neglect the import of regular hydration during periods of heightened stress...
...Stress Games...
Rivers took it out on the golf ball, not the players. In today's game, screamers like Bob Knight earn more enmity than respect. According to both coaches and stress experts, volcanoes shouldn't be welcome in the white-collar world either. "Every time you embarrass a player on the sideline or in a huddle, it's a mistake," says Jim O'Brien, who quit as Boston Celtics coach in January after new general manager Danny Ainge traded away several of his favorite players. "You have to be man enough to apologize." That doesn't mean...
With his baggy eyes, sagging suits and thinning hair, Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy seems to epitomize the stressed-out manager. Two years ago, he walked out on the Knicks at the start of what proved to be a disastrous season. Yet Van Gundy insists that although his team is fighting for play-off position in the NBA's talent-rich Western Conference, he's not an anxious guy. "Being a coach is more frustrating than stressful, because so much is beyond your control." He may draw up the brilliant play, but Yao Ming has to make the chip...