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Defining compulsive gambling is like defining compulsive drinking: it's not clear when you cross the line. But if there are enough signs that your behavior is starting to slip out of your control (see the self-test), chances are that you have a problem. It's a problem of special interest to researchers because it reveals a lot about addiction as a whole. One of the difficulties in understanding drug or alcohol abuse is that the minute you add a chemical to the body, you muddy the mental processes. "It's hard to tease the connection out because...
...Wildland Adventures This outfit has developed a sort of cross-cultural exchange program with the nomadic Masai in East Africa whereby the Africans receive direct benefits from tourism and guests are exposed to the tribe's culture...
...contribution to the literature in English of the Pacific, in five genres, that still stands unmatched," he concludes. So in this postcolonial age, are we ready to revisit Stevenson? A rereading of his novella The Beach of Fales? (1892), the only completed work in a planned series on cross-cultural encounters, suggests so. Peopled with dyspeptic traders, white-suited missionaries and superstitious Samoan villagers, it blends mythical tales with sea stories, achieving a heightened realism that critiques the colonial experience. An earlier story completed before his travels is thought to have provided Joseph Conrad with his famous last words...
Bush announced his nomination at a press conference in the Cross Hall of the White House Tuesday night, praising Roberts, who he said he hopes will be acceptable to both sides of the political spectrum...
...four men who met at London's King's Cross railway station must have looked ordinary enough to the thousands of commuters rushing to work on the morning of July 7. Three were British born--a 30-year-old grade-school teacher with a baby daughter and a reputation for devotion to his learning- disabled students; an 18-year-old described by friends as a "gentle giant," dressed that morning like the universal teenager, in denims and a sloppy jacket; a 22-year-old cricket fan who worked in his family's fish-and-chip shop in Leeds. The fourth...