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Psychologists have discovered that people often value immediate gratification over future rewards. This breakthrough has enabled Laibson to explain people’s tendencies to waver when faced with what should be an impulsive decision...
...basis of negotiations. GREECE AND TURKEY HAVE TO JOIN THE TALKS ON MARCH 22. DO YOU THINK ADDITIONAL TIME MAY BE NEEDED? We'll see. Everything that has to do with these negotiations has to be seen on a day-to-day, step-by-step basis. If there is breakthrough, for example, then the participation of Greece and Turkey may be redundant. DO YOU BELIEVE TURKEY WANTS A DEAL? There is a window of opportunity, but ... the Turkish Cypriot side and Turkey have been the intransigent side on Cyprus for many years. So that's why I'm saying this...
...seven men. The film has garnered as much attention for star Charlize Theron’s monstrous makeover into the less-than-comely prostitute murderess as it did for the actual performance. Nevertheless, the Academy will likely see beyond the cosmetic alterations to reward Theron’s breakthrough work, which painstakingly recreates the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself at any given moment. At the film’s core is Wuornos’ tumultuous relationship with flippant lover Selby Wall (Christina Ricci). Though Jenkins fails to offer a believable relationship...
...seem an unusual career choice for producer and director Wilson, a native of Texas who has long been pre-eminent in the highbrow world of experimental theater. His production of Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach, presented at New York City's Metropolitan Opera in 1976, was a breakthrough for avant-garde theater in the U.S. Since then he has become best known for his austere, abstract interpretations of the classics, from Shakespeare to Wagner...
...another. While it falls short of a capability to beam people or objects to remote locations, it's much more than just sending a fax. The original is destroyed, but every one of its distinguishing features is re-created elsewhere. Researchers believe quantum teleportation will someday translate into many breakthrough applications ranging from uncrackable encryption methods to quantum computers that will run billions of times faster than today's fastest machines...