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Raúl seems comfortable with who he is. He does not appear to crave attention. One does have to wonder, a little, though, about the effects of living for four decades so close to a brother whose name doesn't even have to be invoked for people to know whom you're talking about; Cubans will just make the gesture of stroking a beard to refer to Fidel. Among the many photographs at the family house in Birán is one of a young boy in a cart. The official caption says the picture is of Fidel. On the print itself...
...familiar wave of excitement and impatience coursed through me.Someday, I’ll be living the relaxed life of a 70-year-old Jewish grandmother in Boynton Beach, Fla., with all the time I want to take walks, read books, and lounge in the sun. But for now, I crave pressure and intensity. Contrary to America’s stereotypical slacker college lifestyle, many of my Harvard peers and I thrive because of our refusal to ease off of the college throttle. So, Professor Lewis, I appreciate your message. But I just can’t do it any other...
...same essay, Gregorian had noted how a society that catered to a fragmented vision of knowledge was one that would perpetually crave wholeness. Last month, Harvard took a small step to becoming just such a place. At some point, it too shall crave wholeness...
Another school of thought, popular among clinical ecologists, is that we crave foods we are allergic to. I don't buy it. True food allergies--like anaphylactic reactions to peanuts or shellfish--are rare. Many more people may be intolerant of certain foods, but the reactions they have are idiosyncratic and not caused by the immune system...
...fact, all those theories are speculations. We just do not understand food cravings and where they come from. I suspect there is a great deal of social and cultural conditioning involved. For example, it is popular to argue that chocolate is addictive and point out that women often crave it uncontrollably, especially after disappointments in love or before their periods. While that may be true of American women, the urge is not universal. Spanish women don't yearn for chocolate; they crave cream puffs...