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Astronauts are pre-selected for personal attributes - tolerant, laid-back, calm - and trained to work as a team.

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“You can be so much more tolerant of people because you’re around people you wouldn’t normally even talk to, but you had a great experience playing with them. It’s just a way of connecting with people that transcends the normal way we connect. I do believe it’s transformative.”

Elise says the pain will only get worse as her body becomes more tolerant of painkillers – making them less effective.

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The department’s relatively tolerant posture toward undocumented people dates back to 1979, when then-Chief Daryl F. Gates responded to a wave of illegal immigration by trying to keep lines of communication open between officers and the communities they police.

"It has always been very tolerant."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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