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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...distinguish between moral attitudes and personality traits in terms of the extent each are molded by influences outside the home. What sets them apart? It hinges on the distinction between socialization and personality development. The strongest influence on morality is the local culture or subculture. But this influence may be different in different situations. For example, according to the local culture, it might be okay to cheat on a test in school but not okay to cheat in sports. Socialization adapts children to their culture - they learn to behave in the manner approved by their culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Parents (Still) Don't Matter | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...Nagyvary believes this evidence upends the widespread belief among instrument makers that only the strongest wood can produce a lush, full sound. According to Nagyvary, the opposite is true. He also says it casts doubt on the working hypothesis of many scientists that Stradivari worked during Europe's "little ice age" of the 15th-17th centuries, in which low summer temperatures led to slow but uniform growth in the Spruce trees used for instruments, and that the wood's uniform density explains the instruments' high quality of sound. Last year, researchers in The Netherlands and the U.S. used medical imaging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Accidental Genius: Why a Stradivarius Sounds So Good | 2/15/2009 | See Source »

...Finance Chair, I’ve been honored to be a part of the strongest fiscal management team in Massachusetts,” Murphy said in his speech...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brian Murphy Departs City Council | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...says. “I wanted to focus on faces, because I wanted to focus on the eyes and capture a pivotal moment in a person’s journey in life.” Elswick’s attention to eyes serves as one of the strongest elements of the exhibit. Along with the absence of titles, the eyes encourage spectators to bring their own experiences to the painting while trying to discover what the character is experiencing and feeling at that moment. The ability to bring individual experiences to the work and create a unique vision...

Author: By Melanie E. Long, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: African, Irish Influence in 'Seven' | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...ways in which she’s led the poor guy on, making her repeated question “How on earth could I be any more obvious?” an ironic one. The song mocks immaturity on several levels and comes off as one of the strongest on the album.Allen’s confrontational candor makes several appearances on “It’s Not Me, It’s You;” it is manifest even in the title of the album itself. In “Not Fair,” Allen...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lily Allen | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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