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The Oscars blunder will forever overshadow Moonlight's historic night
that has bestowed its best picture award to such glossy, hallowed artifacts
confronting his sexuality and stalked by the prospect of violence
its essence
broad presence of African-American nominees
playing the gangster who takes the baffled young protagonist under his care.
presenting the climactic award
nervously grinning
manic and suicidal
Beatty's bafflement
genially muttered
inevitable winner
Chaos ensued

LaDuDu

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coma
prospect
fellow
aggravate
tough it out
grin
profundity
blissfully
panicked
jilted
running amuck
digress
mundane
works overtime
Forgive my melodrama
infants
file away
visual, aural, oral, tactile, and olfactory
remotely related to the danger we call a hot stove
As we bombarded with information
surrounded by a flurry of activity
your brain is being deluged with sensory input
a fluorescent light is buzzing nearby
plays off
trigger a conscious response
the worst-case scenario
binary action
adrenaline
A limp handshake conveys low confidenc
a wrinkled suit makes you seem lazy
hijacked by participants
Monologues validate everyone’s fears
idea generation sessions and decision-making forums
monthly capacity-building session
foster original thinking
converge
decision criteria
halt the discussion
filter their contributions
modulate their contributions
refrain from simply agreeing with one another.
Reiterate any important ground rules
so abhorred
notoriously bad

LaDuDu

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The stowaways may have survived there
how resilient life can be in extremely harsh environments
probing microbes
massive crystals of calcium sulfate
One might think of these microbes as having been tucked away in a time capsule for 10,000 to 50,000 years.
in suspended animation
be quite hardy.
any of them might stow aboard a spacecraft sent to space
Earth’s germs
Or pits dug by robbers trying to plunder that temple.
Her work may involve using artifacts
But they can reveal clues on the surface that hint at what lies beneath
scout for sites
looters.
social upheaval.
citadel
Looking for allies to help her stop this destruction,
Many Americans were outraged over Russia’s e-mail hacking

LaDuDu

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cultural intelligence
They were in shock and a bit bewildered
how to engage in productive conversations with people who have different perspectives
The vitriolic social media posts
Diversity fatigue
recipes and cat videos filled their Facebook page
too disoriented
Most people who facilitate diversity workshops and global leadership courses are zealous about exposing the cultural blunders and injustices
too timid
avoid too much backlash.
conversation or workshop
practitioners
The very “cultural understanding” we exhort in our seminars
I’ll be dismissed.
every CQ session
productivity and fiscal responsibility
counterproductive
biases and frustrations
my admonition for us to speak candidly
offensive
we can end up perpetuating the danger of the single story.
“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
I encountered this up close recently
was nominated as
so I know she is not the ignorant, power-grabbing, homophobe she was made out to be as a part of the confirmation process
She’s a resilient woman so I’m not worried about her ability to endure SNL clips about grizzly bears
But what saddens me is that
we have to keep our hand on the thermostat.
If it gets too hot, people are likely to dismiss it all together or simply become more calcified in what they already thought.
depersonalize the conflict in the room
A new pricing consensus has emerged on the global oil market, spurred by financial and intrinsic factors.

One reason for the oil price collapse is related primarily to the curtailment of the repurchasing programme for treasury and mortgage-backed securities
Implementing the quantitative easing initiative
The suspension of these initiatives
commodity securities market
China, in line with America, is
According to BP, if, in 1980, 79.9 thousand British Thermal Units (BTU) were required to produce 1 dollar of Chinese GDP, then in 2010, this figure was over three times less (24.7 thousand BTU).
The culmination by the
Curtailing costly oil production projects

LaDuDu

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Altruistic People
old tropes
in order to subtly lower the social value of the person you are trying to attract.
high extroversion and openness to experience
narcissism
being manipulative
callousness, lying, thrill-seeking
converging evidence
highlighting a potentially important avenue along which good deeds done toward unrelated individuals (exemplified today by acts like donating blood or helping to push a stranger’s car out of the snow) may have evolved
making charitable donations to women
contextual arenas
personality inventory
being extroverted)
between 13 and 26% of variance in the sexual behavior variables
more subtle behavioral measure of altruism
perceived infidelity
Moral Rigidity
such as sacrificing one person to save five
philosophical terminology
maximizing outcomes is called utilitarian
Cognition
throw a dying man overboard to keep a life raft afloat

LaDuDu

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people interpreted much differently
These seemingly benign comments
you’ve planted your foot firmly into your mouth.
the subtle implications
The following are the worst offenders
incredibly unappealing
they’re as grouchy as they come
Instead of assuming someone’s disposition
is hard on the recipient
Getting insulted over having to repeat yourself suggests that either you’re insecure or you think you’re better than everyone else (or both!)
Owning up to your mistake is the best way to bring the discussion to a more rational, calm place so that you can work things out

Admitting guilt is an amazing way to prevent escalation.

Using “for your” as a qualifier always comes across as condescending and rude

they utilize time

leap out of bed and head for the computer

Rituals like this will enable you to clear your head and get yourself in the right state of mind for the day ahead.

rather than focusing on trivial matters.

Get in a workout.

yoga session

LaDuDu

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Vigilance and Hard Work innumerable factors
integral role
scary situation
A lack of CEO accountability
hold the purse strings
very ugly scenario
contribute to unemployment
have a strong financial incentive to ensure their company does not go under
The inevitable result
unmanageable gambling casino
This creates the illusion
Due to its finite amount
The complexity of this computerized gambling system is easily manipulated internationally
Respecting the mentality of the people
Cultural nuances matter

LaDuDu

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the same killings that demonstrators were protesting against
not to indict
as a travesty
probe
That could include a stunning confrontation
the six-pointed star controversy
with little respite
the news comes in unstoppable torrents
trigger
the news becomes palpable
complex algorithms that magnify their power

LaDuDu

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the National Endowment
The spending outline
discretionary part of the budget
There is no viable substitute for federal funding

LaDuDu

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fairy tale
insurers
endorse
made a mockery of his campaign pledge
political fiasco
he could win over recalcitrant Republican members
Capitol Hill
genuinely
in combining mandates with subsidies, regulation, and access to a state-administered system for the poverty-stricken and low-paid
a huge drop in coverage
dismantling Obamacare
surtaxes
Since the 2000 United States presidential election, red states and blue states have referred to states of the United States whose residents predominantly vote for either the Republican Party (red) or Democratic Party (blue) presidential candidates
simplistic conservative nostrums