In two experiments, prereading instructions asked readers to (a) focus on specific relevant text segments, (b) ignore specific irrelevant text segments, (c) maintain an awareness that the text contained irrelevant segments without specifically identifying them, or (d) read without warnings.
The possibility of achieving even more was fully appreciated: the English scholar Alexander Neckham, in his early 13th-century De naturis rerum ("On the Natures of Things"), hoped that by imparting knowledge he might help to lift or lighten the human spirit, and to this end he tried to maintain a simple and admirably clear text.
They are mostly grouped into collections rather than thematically linked cycles, and for all their elegance and attentive response to the texts, they maintain a discreet emotional distance; it is all very decorous and gentlemanly.
This is done by the statistic module which collects time benchmarks in different places of procession and updates the statistic database which is maintained in a text file in every local pGrid node.
If you want to maintain a friendship, you will fire off that text or email.
The device, which magnifies text on a monitor, helps Mr. Pamias, 47, to maintain a hard-won sense of independence.
In order to maintain an uncluttered page design and increase speed, advertisements were solely text-based.
It has been pointed out that the text maintains a clear distinction between world soul and intellect.
Our selection of models is, out of necessity, restricted by the need to maintain this text at a manageable size and within the scope of the authors'area of research, focused on multicellular animals and plants.
Oppenheimer has maintained a relationship with Cole, exchanging text messages, keeping the connection alive.
