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...members and other psychologists and sociologists have long noted that an increase in personal wealth above a certain income (about $12,000 a year per person, in some studies) has only a small effect on life satisfaction. Far more important is a person's relative position in society - how big your house is compared with your neighbor's, as opposed to its absolute size. According to these studies, even if everyone's income rose at a uniform rate - a rising tide lifting all boats - the growth would not make anyone significantly happier, at least not in the long term, because...
...easily top the 100-guest mark. The balcony deserves recognition in its own right; overlooking the courtyard on two sides, it has room for several kegs, a table, massive speakers, and revelers yearning for fresh air around 1 a.m. Inside, you’ll find couches, refrigerators, and a big-screen TV, as well as a decked-out corner bar. All of this makes for a suite that can provide the setting for everything from rowdy Beerlympic games to the quieter, classier affairs.Runner-Up: Currier Ten-ManYou’re probably wondering how Currier, the House with the inanimate mascot...
...authors who penned most of the book’s essays, Ruttenberg said that she designed The Passionate Torah with “the intelligent lay reader in mind.” “The whole idea is that smart people are capable of dealing with big questions,” she said. “I wanted to take them seriously.” A graduate of both Brown and Los Angeles’s Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, Ruttenberg has written several other books, including “Yentl’s Revenge: The Next Wave...
...five “Big Belly” recycling and trash stations—located at the south-side entrance of the Science Center, Holworthy Gate, Holyoke Gate, the northwest entrance of Grays Hall, and Boylston plaza—replaced two non-compacting trash and recycling bins in the Yard...
With a capacity for holding and compacting four times more litter than a non-compacting barrel, the “Big Belly” containers reduce by three-fourths the greenhouse gases emitted from vehicle trips to service the new receptacles, according to Gogan...