Word: affections
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...work on health and social networks. His current research explores how factors such as health, disability, and death can influence an individual’s social network.“As I have spent the last few years examining the ripple effects of social networks and how social structures affect lives, I’ve become more mindful of the effect I have on others and they on me,” Christakis said in response to a question about how his academic research would shape his leadership style. “You can’t turn a House...
...final legislation, which both Hysen and Lloyd called political. “I think when you vote as a council representative you should be accountable to your vote,” Holoshitz said. Ultimately Hysen voted for the bill and said the roll-call vote did not affect his decision to support the bill, which he said he strongly supports. At the same meeting, the UC allocated $24,151.45 to 86 different projects in its spring grants packet legislation. That package received one amendment, proposed by Cyrus M. Mossavar-Rahmani ’09. He attempted to strike funding...
...2The Crimson efficiently dispatched No. 3 Penn, 7-2, Saturday afternoon in the semifinals of the Howe Cup.Despite having defeated the Quakers soundly just ten days earlier, the team remained focused on the match at hand and didn’t allow visions of a rematch with Princeton to affect its play.“We put all of our effort into this match and didn’t worry about tomorrow, because if we don’t win against Penn, we don’t get to see tomorrow,” Snyder said.Cortes and Zindman each dominated...
...that reason, investigators around the world backed by both public and private money are studying the faith factor in all manner of diseases and conditions. They have examined the spiritual-care needs of children with terminal illnesses and looked at how religion and superstition affect schizophrenia in China and how spirituality influences the well-being of college students in Malta and nuns in India. They have probed the links between religion and psychological woes too: neuroticism in Dutch twins, obsessive-compulsive symptoms in Italians, death anxiety among Egyptian nursing students and substance abuse in adolescents in Jerusalem. They have tried...
...Ohio, posters by Shepard Fairey, and other artists, were everywhere,” says Rose Styron, a political poet and current fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics who canvassed in the swing state during the campaign. According to Styron, the poster had a tangible, positive affect on her and on fellow campaigners. “It gave us conviction that Obama’s message could be conveyed to young people, a feeling that this was possible...