Word: learning
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...endless baseball fungo drills and basketball layup lines--that he picked up the discipline that allows him to focus on whatever is in front of him, to complete whatever task is at hand, whether it is taking a pitch to the opposite field or writing a computer program. You learn, believes Fanning, how to take criticism when you're part of a team...
...parents were so worried about the deteriorating Soviet system that they applied for exit visas. The family, including Lenny's sister Marsha, finally left the U.S.S.R. in 1989 and landed in Los Angeles. At what should have been the peak of his career, Krayzelburg instead found himself struggling to learn a new language, getting a maintenance job at the local Jewish community center and swimming only a couple of hours a week...
...human brain is particularly vulnerable as it develops through childhood and into the teenage years, finally maturing when we reach our 20s. As the brain develops, windows open up and the mind has its best opportunity to acquire knowledge and easily learn new skills, such as speaking a foreign language. If the window closes--either with the normal passage of time or because the brain has been damaged--learning that language can be much harder...
...suffering severe injury to the brain. Before getting back into contact sports, one should be examined by a trained professional. There's always another game, but we're never going to have another brain. Dr. Ian appears on WNBC-TV in New York. E-mail him at ianmedical@aol.com To learn more about concussions, visit www.aan.com
...interesting to learn that Al Gore often makes decisions by asking "What would Jesus do?," that Joe Lieberman called for the nation to renew its dedication to "God and God's purpose" and that Jesus is George W. Bush's favorite philosopher [NATION, Sept. 11]. Unfortunately, what God wishes man to do requires interpretation, and this is likely to be clouded by an individual's personality and biases. It would be reassuring to know that when God speaks to our politicians, they are indeed hearing the real word of a benevolent, omnipotent spirit and not merely invoking...