Word: treating
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Some children grab for the treat the minute he's out the door. Some last a few minutes before they give in. But others are determined to wait. They cover their eyes; they put their heads down; they sing to themselves; they try to play games or even fall asleep. When the researcher returns, he gives these children their hard-earned marshmallows. And then, science waits for them to grow...
Seligman found that those insurance salesmen who answered with more B's than A's were better able to overcome bad sales days, recovered more easily from rejection and were less likely to quit. People with an optimistic view of life tend to treat obstacles and setbacks as temporary (and therefore surmountable). Pessimists take them personally; what others see as fleeting, localized impediments, they view as pervasive and permanent...
...more perilous than Marlowe's ever was. In Los Angeles 50 years ago a "Negro" risked his life (or anyway a nasty beating) if he was found in a white neighborhood or in the company of a white woman. And the cops, of course, could be counted on to treat him with brutal contempt (perhaps the only American tradition that has survived intact to this...
...treat my graduate teaching fellows as colleagues," said Professor of Sociology and Government Theda Skocpol. "They are ordinarily going to be coming to lectures. I do think, and a lot of people think, that it's a matter for professors to ensure the engagement of TFs in their courses...
...AIDS treatment lowers death rates by nearly 40 percent. "It's a very important development," says medical writer Christine Gorman. "It is not a cure, but it is clearly a way for people stay alive longer. Scientists are finding that combining drugs is a very effective way to treat some very serious diseases, like AIDS and cancer." The treatment, which combines the drugs AZT and either DDI or DDC, was tested on some 3,000 patients in Europe and Australia...