It has been said that if speech is silver, silence is golden. Certainly silence is preferable, under most circumstances, to inconsequential chitchat.

It has been said that if speech is silver, silence is golden. Certainly silence is preferable, under most circumstances, to inconsequential chitchat.
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    It is true that strangers meeting for the first time seem to feel uncomfortable if they do not engage in small talk to relieve their mutual awkwardness.

    It is true that strangers meeting for the first time seem to feel uncomfortable if they do not engage in small talk to relieve their mutual awkwardness.
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      It is, however, more often woefully abused as a means of showing off...

      It is, however, more often woefully abused as a means of showing off...
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        They long to kick and throw things and tackle each other, and the fields of organized play offer a place in which to act out these impulses.

        They long to kick and throw things and tackle each other, and the fields of organized play offer a place in which to act out these impulses.
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          For a child, being cut from the hockey team or denied a spot on the swimming is a grave disappointment—and perhaps an opportunity or emotional or spiritual growth.

          For a child, being cut from the hockey team or denied a spot on the swimming is a grave disappointment—and perhaps an opportunity or emotional or spiritual growth.
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            For the best players, the progression from little league to junior high to high school leads to a scholarship at a famous college and maybe, one day, a shot at the pros.

            For the best players, the progression from little league to junior high to high school leads to a scholarship at a famous college and maybe, one day, a shot at the pros.
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              The idea that competitive sports build character, a western tradition dating from ancient Greece, has evidently fallen out of fashion in today's US.

              The idea that competitive sports build character, a western tradition dating from ancient Greece, has evidently fallen out of fashion in today's US.
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                Although I certainly couldn't have articulated it at the time, I think I must already have sensed that throwing a ball or catching passes was a fairly pointless thing to be good at.

                Although I certainly couldn't have articulated it at the time, I think I must already have sensed that throwing a ball or catching passes was a fairly pointless thing to be good at.
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                  Emphasis is placed on education, practical training, experience and the likelihood of successful settlement in Canada.

                  Emphasis is placed on education, practical training, experience and the likelihood of successful settlement in Canada.
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                    What the least competent and reliable professionals do is simply fill out forms and send them to the Canadian Embassy with the required fees and documents!

                    What the least competent and reliable professionals do is simply fill out forms and send them to the Canadian Embassy with the required fees and documents!
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                      Such instances where qualified persons were discouraged from making applications are numerous.

                      Such instances where qualified persons were discouraged from making applications are numerous.
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                        An experienced immigration professional identifies what type of information can be supplied that is most likely to favorably impress the visa officer considering the application.

                        An experienced immigration professional identifies what type of information can be supplied that is most likely to favorably impress the visa officer considering the application.
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                          A migration professional explains and convinces the visa officers that a person is highly qualified despite some minor factors that may be unfavorable to his application.

                          A migration professional explains and convinces the visa officers that a person is highly qualified despite some minor factors that may be unfavorable to his application.
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                            One is being punished not for an offense of one’s own but often for the inefficiencies of those who impose the wait.

                            One is being punished not for an offense of one’s own but often for the inefficiencies of those who impose the wait.
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                              Aside from boredom and physical discomfort, the subtler misery of waiting is the knowledge that one’s precious resource, time, a fraction of one’s life, is being stolen away, irrecoverably lost.

                              Aside from boredom and physical discomfort, the subtler misery of waiting is the knowledge that one’s precious resource, time, a fraction of one’s life, is being stolen away, irrecoverably lost.
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