Word: trait
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...question that puzzles even Harper's supporters, who watched him transform himself from a crusader for limited government into a family-friendly mainstream politician. That shift was partly an expression of pragmatism in a nation that tends to shun extremes. But it also reflected a rare political trait: the ability to rise above the ideological-hothouse atmosphere of Reform Party politics in the west to become a leader capable of attracting support from skeptics. His core economic conservatism is unlikely to have changed as much as some suggest--Harper is not and never will be a Red Tory...
...languages, their own hieroglyphs,” Martinez says. “These are the kinds of kids who would get picked on and become high-profile.”Marco Altamirano, a friend since elementary school, says that “boyish confidence” is a trait that carries Martinez through much of his work, and that has kept him miles away from the science nerd stereotype.“He’s always ready to present himself,” Altamirano says.Speaking to his ability to entertain, Martinez was the only Harvard student chosen from...
...Harvard Business Review article last January, Hallowell gave the condition a name: attention-deficit trait, or ADT. He explains that ADT takes hold when we get so overloaded with incoming messages and competing tasks that we are unable to prioritize. The result is not only distractibility, impulsiveness and haste but also feelings of guilt and inadequacy. "People think it's their fault that they're falling behind," he says. "They think they have to sleep less and work harder and stay later at the office, which only makes it worse because they're not taking care of their brain...
...further testing, caffeine's boosting your brainpower has been proved beyond any reasonable doubt "As a research psychologist," says Harris Lieberman, who works in the Military Nutrition Division of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass., "I use the word intelligence as an inherent trait, something permanently part of your makeup." Caffeine can't change that, Lieberman says. But what it can do, he says, is heighten your mental performance. If you're well rested, it tends to improve rudimentary brain functions, like keeping your attention focused on boring, repetitive tasks for long periods. "It also...
...ATTENTION DEFICIT TRAIT DIFFERENT FROM ADD? True ADD occurs in all settings, regardless of the environment, whereas ADT is environmentally dependent. The person with ADD is the same everywhere, even on vacation. The person with ADT is able to relax away from the setting that induces...