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...done for the adolescents whose parents are in the grips of depression: this subset, which was 45% of the participants, did not benefit significantly from the cognitive behavioral program. "It's awfully hard to change your thinking habits if a parent is depressed and everything is so chaotic around you," observes Clarke. Future studies, says Garber, will look at whether treating the parent for depression makes a difference...
...punctuated by rare moments of clarity. When I leave the office at night, the confusion comes with me. Ruminating over these equations, seeking patterns, looking for hidden relationships, trying to make contact with measured data—it’s all uncertainty and possibility engaged in an endless chaotic dance. Every so often the blur resolves, but the respite is short-lived; the next puzzle demands focus. This, really, is the joy of being a scientist. Established truths are comforting, but it is the mysteries that make the soul ache and render a life of exploration worth living...
...Vesuvius is dormant, as it has been for more than 60 years. It looks over Naples from the east, with the crystal Mediterranean to the west. Between them is jam-packed, chaotic humanity, though the trash crisis is again dormant as well. For now. Notes Bertolaso: "Naples is a beautiful thing, and like all beautiful things, it's very fragile." And all that is fragile needs the best plans for protection...
...that Castro had faced thus far. Seen as a liberator of Cuba and a harbinger of democracy, Castro was welcomed warmly by many, especially at Harvard. However, others still harbored animosity toward him. Issues of security were problematic at all the venues that hosted Castro. The situation was especially chaotic in Boston, where, prior to Castro’s arrival, a man from Massachusetts was found in New York’s Central Park with a homemade, and most likely unusable, bomb. But the visit was viewed largely as a success, and, according to the New York Times, made Americans...
...arranged, and her friends have been very supportive of her decision to marry Aggarwal. Although Kumar said she looks forward to the couple’s late December wedding, she admitted that with 1,000 expected guests from around the world, it will be quite “chaotic.” The wedding, a traditional three-day Hindu affair, will take place in Mumbai, where the bride’s family lives. Next year, Kumar and Aggarwal will live together in New Haven as Aggarwal continues his residency and Kumar, an economics concentrator, begins a job at the investment...