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Lead author LiJing Yan of Northwestern University enlisted more than 3,000 young adults--men and women, black and white--between 18 and 30 and tracked them for 15 years. She asked them to consider four traits: 1) a tendency to get upset when having to wait, 2) a tendency to eat too quickly, 3) a feeling of pressure as the end of the regular workday approaches and 4) a feeling of time pressure in general. The respondents were then asked to rate how well these traits described them, on a scale from "very well...
...fall with his protEgE. And for Vajpayee, a loss, for which he would be blamed by hard-liners irked by his moderating restraints, would be as bad as a win, for which these same hard-liners would take the credit. But for the country, the consequences of an upset could be little short of disastrous. With obvious mischief, Pravin Togadia, the firebrand international head of the s's religious arm, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council, or VHP), warns that what little control the BJP, or even he, exercises over the Hindu mob would evaporate if Modi were...
...going to apologize for being honest,” Grassi says. “If people are upset with that decision they can be upset with that decision...
...winning its five games by a combined 17 goals. But Harvard generally gained control of those games by the second period. If it waits until the final 20 minutes to find a rhythm, as it did last night, the Crimson might find itself on the short end of an upset...
Sophomore Michael Soto, who finished 2-1, and Carter each took their bouts to tie the meet, 13-13, leaving all the pressure on Rose to complete the upset...