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I. Directions:
1 NPC 2 WTO 3TPP 4 IMF 5 GMT 6 SMS 7 CATTI 8 Cable News Network 9 Food Agricultural Organization of UN. 10 Most-favored-nation Treatment 11 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 12 Securities and Exchange Commission 13 Net National Welfare 14 International Space Station 15 Producer Price Index 16 17 18 19 20
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(1) Resignation Resignation has its part to play in the conquest of happiness, and it is a part no less essential than that played by effort. The wise man, though he will not sit down under preventable misfortunes, will not waste time and emotion upon such as are unavoidable, and even such as are in themselves avoidable he will submit to if the time and labor required to avoid them would interfere with the pursuit of some more important object. Many people get into a fret or a fury over every little things that goes wrong, and in this way waste a great deal of energy that might be more successfully employed. Even in the pursuit of really important objects it is unwise to become so deeply involved emotionally that the thought of possible failure becomes a constant menace to peace of mind. Efficiency in a practical task is not proportional to the emotion that we put into it, indeed, emotion is sometimes an obstacle to efficiency. The attitude required is that of doing one s best while leaving the issue to fate. Resignation is of two sorts, one rooted in despair, the other in unconquerable hope. The first is bad; the second is good. (202 words)