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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Your Name Make You a Criminal? | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bill Aims to Increase Transparency | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battling Addiction: Are 12 Steps Too Many? | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Valentine's Deals That You'll Love | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: A Mounting Problem for Obama | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

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