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...Another trick is to recognize that willpower is like a muscle - it gets stronger with appropriate use but ultimately weakens if overloaded. That's why Hester recommends setting short-term goals that are "moderately difficult, realistic, concrete and measurable." As with weight-lifting, starting at a level that is challenging but not overwhelming can provide a sense of achievement and success - which can give you the drive to take on bigger challenges...
Experts say that more aggressive safety protocols might have uncovered Abdulmutallab's alleged plot before he had the chance to botch it with a bum detonator. Full-body scanners might do the trick, but they have their drawbacks. The ACLU has condemned backscatter X-ray and millimeter-wave-radar scans as the high-tech equivalents of strip searches. Furthermore, "every technology can be defeated one way or the other," says Vahid Motevalli, who studies aviation security at Purdue University...
...while doing the news? - Curtis Ohl, Escondido, Calif. I choose to. I know colleagues - and I'm not going to use any coy initials here, Al Roker - I know people in the industry who don't: Garrison Keillor. I don't celebrate that. I think it's a tawdry trick, Matt Lauer...
...watching screen tests Guido has made for his new project, sees him lavishing exactly the same attention on a new girl that he did on her when she was just starting in pictures; the kind words and gestures she thought were meant for her alone are revealed as a trick directors use to flattter an actress into giving a stronger performance. It's a moment of emotional truth at the heart of this expertly made but hollow enterprise. The rest is vaudeville...
Well, you're clearly not a normal intellect. How many moves ahead can you calculate on the chess board? Sometimes 15 to 20 moves ahead. But the trick is evaluating the position at the end of those calculations...