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...same way every child is born with the capacity to learn language, we are born to universal moral grammar, the toolkit for moral systems,” Hauser said...
...mischaracterizes it as a pure skill instead of an art form. There’s a big difference between an adequate orator and an inspiring one, and the difference does not lie in avoiding obvious faux pas, like not breaking into a terrible sweat or remembering the rules of grammar. Undergraduates could probably figure out the mechanics of public speaking without lessons. But when it comes to crafting a persuasive message and delivering it in a persuasive manner, the task becomes more difficult. Beyond that, learning how to speak from the heart—to convey internal passion and spark...
...this is just a first step. Vahia and his colleagues hope to piece together a solid grammar from the sea of impenetrable Indus signs. Their August paper charted the likelihood of certain characters appearing in parts of a text - for example, a fish sign appeared most frequently in the middle of a sequence and a U-shaped jar sign toward the end. Bit by bit, the structure of the script is coming into view. "We want to find the bedrock against which all further interpretation of the language should be checked," says Vahia. Down the road, he imagines he could...
...Vicki invited about 100 people to Hyannis Port. Chemotherapy had taken a toll on Ted's strength, but Barack Obama's electoral victory had invigorated him. His children, stepchildren and many of his nieces and nephews were there. So were several of his oldest friends, men who had attended grammar school, college or law school with Kennedy. Family and friends: the ultimate safety net. (See video of Kennedy from the 2008 Democratic National Convention...
...blog was devised by Bethany Keeley, a 26-year-old graduate student in communications at the University of Georgia who describes herself as a "geeky child" who always had an interest in writing and language. She started the blog in 2005 as an occasional record of the bad grammar she encountered in day-to-day life, but the blog tapped a nerve. After the Associated Press discovered the site in 2007, Keeley recalls, she began receiving hundreds of submissions from around the world every day. Some particularly egregious examples: questionable "freshness," confused signage and ... this...