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...physical package is awesome: 6 ft. 8 in., 240 lbs., with the speed of a guard and the strength of a power forward. His game is spectacular. James combines Jordan's ease at filling up the box score (and the stands) with a ruthless instinct to win, a trait that Hill, a gentleman, and Carter, a diffident performer, surely lack. And like Jordan, James knows he can't do it alone. In fact, he is a complete team player who loves to pass the ball and make his teammates better: Iverson and Bryant can't claim much there. Despite securing...
Over the decades, a few psychological researchers had ventured out of the dark realm of mental illness into the sunny land of the mentally hale and hearty. Some of Seligman's own research, for instance, had focused on optimism, a trait shown to be associated with good physical health, less depression and mental illness, longer life and, yes, greater happiness. Perhaps the most eager explorer of this terrain was University of Illinois psychologist Edward Diener, a.k.a. Dr. Happiness. For more than two decades, basically ever since he got tenure and could risk entering an unfashionable field, Diener had been examining...
...people. But when he's screaming at a cameraman, then it's just that he's not in control." Russell, through a spokesman, declined to comment except to say that their clash was over a long time ago. But Clooney's decision to stand up to him illustrates another trait. He is one of the few leading men who come off as adults. He's 43, but--unlike most other actors--he often plays older...
Thomas, who is African American and has sickle cell trait, said she has suffered discrimination both because of her race and her disability, and has been punished for taking an active role in the union...
...Thomas’ supervisor issued a memo—which will remain in her record—that chastised her for absenteeism and lateness. Thomas said her lateness was due to chronic fatigue caused by her sickle cell trait, and that other events, such as the murder of her cousin, forced her to miss work...