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...make things quite sticky. And as the age of online-social-network users creeps up, it overlaps more with the age of divorce-lawyer users, resulting in the kind of semipublic laundry-airing that can turn aggrieved spouses into enraged ones and friends into embarrassed spectators. (See five no-nos for divorcing couples...
...sessions in the Poetry Room, which are also open to the public. Lastly, Woodberry Works-in-Progress allows scholars and artists to speak with attendees about projects that are in their nascent stages. “Seeing someone immersed in the outset of an idea, when the yesses and nos remain unsplit in it, humanizes it and allows us admittance,” Davis says about Works-in-Progress. She hopes that by having the opportunity to give feedback to these artists, students will feel as if they have influenced the works presented. Past projects discussed at Works-in-Progress...
...important risks and does it offer a reasonably good chance of doing us real good? A yes to the first and a no to the second is bad news; a no to the first and a yes to the second is good news. As for two yesses or two nos? Alas, even the best book can't make everything easy...
...stressed the importance of adaptability and persistence. “In this environment, be resourceful and resilient,” said Bryant S. McBride, the CEO and founding partner of Accrue, a venture capital sports and entertainment firm. “We might hear a thousand ‘Nos,’ but it’s that one ‘Yes!’ that’s important,” Ali said during her address Saturday. —Staff writer Ellen X. Yan can be reached at ellenyan@fas.harvard.edu...
Hyman said in an interview that one way the DSM currently handles this complexity is to have what he described as a "wastebasket" diagnosis - called "not otherwise specified" (NOS) - that captures just about anything that doesn't easily fit the categorical model. One major problem with the NOS diagnosis: pretty much anyone can qualify for a diagnosis that, by definition, is not specified. A 2005 American Journal of Psychiatry paper found that nearly half of a group of 859 people who sought psychological help in Rhode Island could be considered to have a DSM personality disorder if diagnosticians were allowed...