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Imagination
The decay of sense in men waking is not the decay of the motion made in sense, but an obscuring of it in such manner as the light of the sun obscure the light of the stars, which stars do no less exercise their virtue, by which they are【C1】______ , in the day than in the night. But because amongst many 【C2】______ which our eyes, ears, and other organs, receive from【C3】______ bodies, the predominant only is sensible; therefore, the light of the sun【C4】______ predominant, we are not affected with the【C5】______ of the stars. And any object being removed from our eyes, though the【C6】______ it made in us remain, yet other objects more【C7】______ succeeding and working on us, the imagination of the past is【C8】______ and made weak, as the voice of a man is in the【C9】______ of the day. From whence it follow that the longer the time is, after the【C10】______ or sense of any object, the weaker is the 【C11】______. For the continual change of man’s body【C12】______ in time the parts which in sense were moved; so that【C13】______ of time, and of place, hath one and the same【C14】______ in us. For as at a great distance of place that which we 【C15】______ appears dim and without distinction of the 【C16】______ parts, and as voices grow weak and inarticulate, so also after great distance【C17】______ our imagination of the past is weak; and we【C18】______ , for example, of cities we have seen many particular streets, and of【C19】______ of many particular circumstances. This “decaying sense“ , when we would【C20】______ the thing itself, I mean “fancy“ itself, we call “imagination“, as I said before; but when we would express the decay, and signify that the sense is fading, old, and past, it is called “memory“. So that imagination and memory are but one thing, which for divers considerations hath divers names.
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Bush’s MBA
Twenty-six of 42 presidents, including Bill Clinton, were lawyers. Seven were generals. George W. Bush becomes the first with an MBA.
Those who have had Bush for a boss since the mid-1980s — in the【C1】______ of oil, baseball and Texas state government — describe his management 【C2】______ as straight from the pages of the organizational-behavior textbooks he studied【C3】______ getting his masters of business administration【C4】______ at Harvard University in 1975.
He manages by what is known as “ walking around,“ having【C5】______ that sitting behind a desk and passing out memos does little to【C6】______ anyone. He has a reputation for fueling “creative tension“ his【C7】______ , encouraging them to take and defend opposing【C8】______. That sacrifices harmony, but puts ideas to the test and lets Bush【C9】______ above the fray, where he can offer guidance instead of barking【C10】______. Imagine the creative tension that may erupt from the 【C11】______ of Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell and Defense Secretary-【C12】______Donald Rumsfeld.
Above all, former employees say that he is a master at【C13】______ and installing measures of accountability — ways of knowing whether subordinates are【C14】______ the job done without looking over from any【C15】______. That frees Bush for strategic thinking — perhaps two words【C16】______ into MBA students most — which means thinking ahead to seize【C17】______ and to derail threats to the best of plans.
“George was my【C18】______ ,“ says Tom Schieffer, who served as president of the Texas Rangers under Bush【C19】______ 1991 and 1995. “But he never made me feel that way. He went out of his way to treat me as a【C20】______, not a subordinate. “
That’s one trait that might be of concern, says Michael Useem, director of the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change at the University of Pennsylvania. It’s important for subordinates to feel part of the team, but not just because the boss craves popularity. Just as in the military, it must be understood who is in charge when the final order is given.
