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...short answer is that our names play an important role in shaping the way we see ourselves - and, more important, how others see us. Abundant academic literature proves these points. A 1993 paper found that most people perceive those with unconventionally spelled names (Patric, Geoffrey) as less likely to be moral, warm and successful. A 2001 paper found that we have a tendency to judge boys' trustworthiness and masculinity from their names. (As a guy whose middle name is Ashley, I can attest to the second part.) In a 2007 paper (here's a PDF), University of Florida economist David...
...disclosures made to date from this kind of source raise as many questions as they answer,” he said. “They detail the kind of payment, but don’t say what...
...field guide mental-health professionals use to diagnose illnesses. That means we have to figure out a way to help the 80% who won't get better through willpower. The latest evidence suggests that those who think that spirituality or a pill alone can save them are wrong. The answer almost certainly lies deeper inside ourselves...
...falls on a Saturday this year, check out OpenTable.com, which has a special page for restaurants like Rosa Mexicano, which has a "Fruits of Love" menu featuring lobster and shrimp enchiladas, and Vancouver's Zin Restaurant & Lounge, offering a five-course menu. A sexologist will be on hand to answer couples' burning questions...
...introducing Holbrooke's mission to promote counterterrorism cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Obama on Thursday warned that "there is no answer in Afghanistan that does not confront the al-Qaeda and Taliban bases along the border [in Pakistan]." But Amjad Islam was not killed in some frontier village abutting Afghanistan; his body hung 80 miles (129 km) from Pakistan's capital in the Swat Valley, which until 2007 had been a popular tourist destination dubbed the "Switzerland of Asia." Today about 75% of the valley is under the control of a particularly virulent branch of the Pakistani Taliban, which...