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Geraldyn, had words.”58 BLOCKS AWAY FROM JERRIE COBB’S FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE AS “THE lady astronaut,” Ruth Nichols sat in her Manhattan apartment, discouraged and worried about her future.
The Mercury 13
Martha Ackmann
‘A financial system … constantly improved, can change a government’s position,’ remarked Frederick the Great, who knew a thing or two about both.
After Tamerlane
John Darwin
He conducted, in other words, a simple cost–benefit analysis. When I asked about any other thoughts or feelings he might have been having that contributed to his decision to donate, he replied, ‘I guess I would say I am super-rational – I do not get emotional about the decisions I make.’ On one of the standard empathy scales we used in the study, he reported his own levels of empathy to be very low. I had no reason to doubt anything he said about himself. It was clear from his professional accomplishments in the technology sector and the way he described other decisions he had made that he was capable of sophisticated rational analysis. But our data revealed that rationality was not all that he was capable of.
The Fear Factor
Abigail Marsh
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