People often perform mental gymnastics in order to blame anyone but themselves.

What type of personality and whose values — the traditional worker or the office plankton — are preferable?

The chess-player also has need of a quick eye and a steady nerve; … However, the self-possession which he requires is to be distinguished from freedom from the momentary nervous excitement which causes so many slip-ups in billiards.

A time-jump shows the once natural, statuesque Martin shriveled by wealth, fame, and substance—his hair is bleached blond, his teeth are stained.