Word: sustainers
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...found ever broader application. Genes, for example, can be viewed as players. The handful of genes in a primordial one-celled organism were in roughly the position of the Apollo astronauts. They were in the same boat--a dinky bloblike boat--and so faced an ultimatum: cooperate to sustain your vehicle...
...other animal plays non-zero-sum games as tirelessly as we do. Much of your emotional life is natural selection's way of getting you to play. Gratitude for favors rendered and guilt over neglecting a friend help you start or sustain potentially win-win games...
...lawn and walls and paths that the project will force construction crews to tear up, the architects say that these will not sustain any permanent damage...
...loss to South Florida on Dec. 29, the Crimson was unable to sustain an 11-point lead in the early-going, and two late South Florida surges in the first half, including a 16-2 run, pushed the Bulls ahead by 15 at halftime...
...flags in places such as New York and Paris, where the rate of heart failure among men is significantly higher than it is for those in other parts of the world who have similar blood pressures. An American man with hypertension, for example, is four times more likely to sustain a fatal heart attack than a hypertense Japanese male...