Word: ta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...basic preaching of TA is that the mind has three "ego states": Parent, Adult and Child, which parallel the Freudian categories of superego, ego and id. The Adult is the rational problem solver; in the healthy personality, the Adult controls both the Parent, who keeps trying to enforce ancient injunctions, and the fun-loving Child, who is the victim of the stern Parent. The man who says to himself "Now you've done it!" after making a mistake is using his Parent to reprimand his Child, who usually feels powerless and in the wrong...
...throng to "Spots and Dots," the teaching staff can hardly be expected to multiply by a factor of 10 in two weeks' time. Director of the Core Curriculum Edward T. Wilcox said recently that the University "will continue to try, but we have been unable to find enough qualified TA's for a lot of the Core courses...
Just the cadence of their names--Dan Ma-ri-no, Joe Mon-ta-na--the similarity of their bearing and stock--Pennsylvania grimy--the disparity of their builds and sun coasts--Miami and San Francisco--the level of their confidence, the quality of their arrogance, even the way they can make hair curl up under helmets and stand up on necks suggested a confrontation was coming one day. If all of the National Football League quarterbacks were ringed in a battle royal, wouldn't these two be the ones left standing at the end? That roughly describes the process...
...Manila, and Jaime Ongpin, president of the Benguet mining corporation. Also included are Corazon Aquino, Ninoy's widow, and Agapito ("Butz") Aquino, his younger brother. The opposition draws experience from such veteran Marcos foes as Salvador Laurel, head of the opposition United Nationalist Democratic Organization coalition, and Lorenzo Tañada, 86, the grand old man of the opposition...
There is still a lot of money on the ta ble, but after Kansas City all bets have been settled. That was not summer thunder in the air- over Arrowhead Stadium. It was the unmistakable sound of the Jacksons hitting the jackpot, all to the strains - yes, Michael sings them both -of Billie Jean and Beat...