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...July-released book, You Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon but Get Lost in the Mall (Sold as Where Am I? in Canada.) He talked to TIME about how mental maps fail us, the importance of understanding physical space and why a bigger home won't necessarily make you happy...
...Some analysts believe that a bigger problem may be consumer panic. Drivers, who on average have one-third of their tank filled, could rush out to fill their tanks, effectively tripling the demand for gas. That alone would send oil prices soaring. So, too, would speculation by investors who predict a drop in supplies. "Prices will rise, and people will buy futures," says Drollas. "Traders will buy because they are worried about their supplies." All that could send market prices rocketing - and deepen the global recession. It remains to be seen whether the market remains calmed by Obama's reassurances...
...there and play against guys. That's what I did growing up. I have two older brothers who beat me up and made me tough, and I love them for it. I would always play against them because they were bigger and faster and stronger, and it makes you tougher...
...many Russians could not get past his skin color. Prior to his win, tabloids constantly referred to him as "the black-skinned candidate" and the Russian public, not overly concerned with political correctness, seemed happy with the label. But as Obama prepares to visit Moscow on Monday, there are bigger issues at hand, and Russians are starting to warm to the American President as they look beyond his pigmentation and turn their focus to his policies. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
There's an even bigger problem in the weekend box-office tallies announced each Sunday around noon Eastern time. They are taken as an accurate summary of an industry's health, like the Dow Jones average, but they're grounded less in facts than in wish fulfillment. They take the hard data on the Friday and Saturday grosses, then add each studio's educated guess as to how its movie is likely to do on Sunday. Sometimes those guesses are wrong. A month ago, Up was declared the weekend winner over The Hangover, but the Vegas comedy lured more customers...