Word: tended
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...that we will have the ability to escape responsibility for those decisions. Many of us grew up being told at every turn that we are exceptional. We expect to win contests, to become influential, to get what we want. When things don't work out for us, we tend to blame our failures on the system that rejected us instead of on our own weaknesses. But what makes people exceptional is not their knack for being the exception to the rules, or even their knack for making the rules. It's their knack for seeing those rules as fair...
...Hunters tend to be a little defensive these days. They donate venison to homeless shelters. They shun confrontation with animal rightists--and lobby for laws to prevent activists from harassing them in the woods as they hunt. When hunters bring a buck home from the woods, they are less inclined to tie the carcass on the fender or luggage rack; they hide it under a tarp. The image of idiot hunters fueled by beer and bourbon and blazing away at anything that moves in the forest--sometimes firing from the cabs of pickups--has made many hunters sheepish. They have...
...sites that provide Jeeves' answers are high-quality informational sources selected by the Ask Jeeves staff. In fact, many of the answer-providing sites are the leading sources of on-line information regarding those subjects. As a result of this selection, the answers provided tend to be extensive and satisfying. Without Jeeves, it would take hours of Web surfing to track down such informational sources...
Jeeves, of course, is not a panacea for the difficulties of the Information Age. Questions outside the scope of Jeeves' knowledge base, such as those of a particularly specific or technical nature, tend to leave the user stranded in the glut of Internet information. Although Jeeves attempts to compensate for this behavior by submitting unfamiliar questions to popular search engines, this hardly provides a particularly useful mechanism for searching...
Bupropion, sold under the brand name Zyban, is a prescription drug that works on the brain to lessen the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. It has also been used under the name Wellbutrin to treat folks with depression. Patients who take Zyban tend not to gain weight when they quit smoking. The drug can be used alone or, to increase your chances of success, in combination with the patch. Zyban is not for you, however, if you suffer a seizure disorder, have ever had a head injury or stroke or already take Wellbutrin or certain other psychotropic medications...