Word: temperamental
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Far from slowly powering down, the brain as it ages begins bringing new cognitive systems on line and cross-indexing existing ones in ways it never did before. You may not pack so much raw data into memory as you could when you were cramming for college finals, and your...
As the brain's flexibility improves, so too may the temperament we bring to our work. There's no question that personalities can calcify with age, causing us to become less receptive to new experiences and flat-out crabby when faced with them. But that's not the case with...
Lately, the laser of public scrutiny has fixed on three of Australia's highest-profile mentors. Wayne Bennett quit as coach of the Australian rugby league team on Dec. 9, a week after the Australian Rugby Union sacked Eddie Jones as coach of the Wallabies. Despite a catastrophic mission failure...
> CHECK THE PEDIGREE Since temperament can be inherited, ask to meet your puppy's mother and father to see what they are like. A good breeder will guarantee your purchase for life.
Summers’ compensation became an issue this summer when Conrad K. Harper resigned from the seven-member Corporation, arguing against a 3-percent raise for the University president. “In my judgment, your 2004-05 conduct, implicating, as it does, profound issues of temperament and judgment, merits...