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...Moore assigned a rank to each participant based on income, and compared these positions to their answers on life-satisfaction surveys. The status rankings were determined using a statistical formula that incorporated factors such as geography, age, gender and educational status. So, a participant's income could be ranked along with those of neighbors, for instance, or with those of other similarly educated peers...
...husband Shep nurses his own resentments. He's long planned to ditch the rat race for what he terms the Afterlife, early retirement in a dirt-cheap yet pleasant developing country. Now, as Glynis' medical bills come in, the prospect of the Afterlife is dwindling along with his savings. Shep's best friend, toxic pontificator Jackson, spends his waking hours taking mental notes for an anticapitalist manifesto he'll never write, but his real problem is heartbreak over his 16-year-old daughter Flicka, who was born with a fatal genetic disease called familial dysautonomia. Flicka is angry because...
...Along with the decline of evening-news, drama and sitcom ratings, the fall of watercooler TV has been playing out for years. When that happens, you can try to make better TV. Or you can find a better watercooler...
...Ivica was not the only Harvard player to come up with a big game. Weintraub handed out a season-high 49 assists to go along with just one setting error. Weintraub, who started the season at attack, shifted back to the setter position midway through the season to aid his injury-riddled team. Since Weintraub’s return to his natural position, the Crimson has gone...
...spent several days in Belfast, Northern Ireland, interviewing people ranging from government officials to community organizers and cab drivers. In each of these conversations we asked a simple question: “What made the Northern Ireland peace process work?” Though the answers varied somewhat (often along sectarian lines), almost all agreed that the success of the Good Friday Peace Accord was the result of a combination of four key factors: courageous leadership by the relevant political parties, an inclusive negotiation framework that demanded commitment to a peaceful and democratic process, a strong public desire among Catholics...