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...polls are more volatile. They respond to every event, every debate, every mistake made,” said Burden. “The monetary markets tend to be more stable...
Associate Professor of Government Barry C. Burden said that these online betting markets are often a more accurate gauge of an election’s outcome than public opinion polls...
...affect outcome in some conditions, there's no clear link with cancer. "One myth for sure is that avoiding stress and being positive has survival benefits," says Jane Turner, a Brisbane psychiatrist who treats young adults with cancer. "Most people find that being told to be positive is a burden, and one woman commented that people only say that to avoid hearing how hard it really...
This absurd system has to change if Americans are going to make informed decisions at the polls on November 2nd. Mainstream news media need to break loose from the control of party hacks and spinsters and educate the public on what is really happening in the world. The burden of keeping the American public correctly informed should be borne by those entrusted with upholding journalistic standards—not a bunch of comedians writing for The Daily Show...
...Monroe in After the Fall won't like Finishing the Picture any better. Kitty (Heather Prete) is mostly offstage (and when onstage, mostly mute), the object of everyone else's analysis. They romanticize her fragility ("She's been stepping on broken glass since she could walk"). They lament the burden of fame ("Everyone wants something from her; we're no exceptions"). In After the Fall the Marilyn character (especially as played by the magnetic Carla Gugino in the recent revival) was an alternately charming and infuriating force of nature. Here she's the wreckage from a storm, with the survivors...