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[hiromichi]

Please tell me the meaning of two phrases below.

1. compartmentalize their lives

2. deal in deat

Presidents learn to wall off their feelings and compartmentalize their lives. They deal in death one moment and seek mental and physical relief the next. To make coldhearted decisions in the best interest of the country and manage the burdens of perhaps the most stressful job on the planet, current and former White House officials said, a president must guard against becoming consumed by the emotions of the situations they confront. And few presidents have been known more for cool, emotional detachment than Mr. Obama.
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Hiromichi

[lotus]

1. Compartmentalize means to compact or to make parts of their lives smaller and easier to manage.

2. Deal in death means to deal with the deaths of the general population (like in a catastrophe) or deaths in war.


--lotus
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War does not make one great --Yoda

[hiromichi]

lotus, Thank you.
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Hiromichi