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...those between Chrismas and New Year's (probably because most proposals occur on either Christmas Day or New Year's Eve). So, why does the online shopping spike take place a week earlier? My analyst team offers the "ultimatum theory" - to which I don't subscribe - as an answer. They think the online spike is likely caused by the potential bride's ultimatum: If she's going to bring her boyfriend home to meet the parents, she had better not be going empty handed. But as the only man in this particular debate, I subscribe to a research-mission theory...
Sibling Science I found your cover story on birth order fascinating [Nov. 12]. For years, I have attempted to interpret myriad human actions through the filter of birth order. Although I understand a theory is far from a catchall answer to psychological mysteries, I believe this one explains a large part of our behavior. Thank you for publishing the latest research. Kathryn Bridges Pulliam, Mobile, Alabama...
...poll after opinion poll, about 7 in 10 Australians say climate change and water are issues important enough to influence their (compulsory) votes at the Nov. 24 election. "Climate change is a big problem," says McClelland. "Just what the answer is I'm not sure. But whoever is in government, they've got to address it." It's not just farmers who are feeling the heat; water restrictions are now a fact of life for the 80% of Australians who live in cities. In Adelaide, Peg Wilson and her neighbors cannot hose their gardens for more than three hours...
...Irving, Texas: one a non-Prosperity Baptist megachurch and the other a prosperity church. "I think he's been flying under the radar a little bit." he says." A CBS poll of white evangelicals in October showed that 57% said that they didn't know enough about him to answer a question of whether he had strong religious beliefs - and he's a former pastor. So by going on Copeland's show he can reach this huge audience, hundreds of thousands of people at least. But many evangelicals are uncomfortable with Prosperity theology, and they...
...Bush's aides say the President is flexible and willing to entertain a variety of possible routes forward. "It's going to take some time to figure out where this ends up," says press secretary Dana Perino. She says the White House is resisting, "a black-and-white answer to what is a very gray situation...