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...happy in the next few months than we did, say, a year or two ago. That, though, has more to do with control and less to do with actual wealth. "The loss of wealth is upsetting, but it's not just the losing money that gets you down," says Dan Ariely, a professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT and the author of Predictably Irrational. "Not being able to understand what is going on is a main driver of unhappiness as well...
...Crimson got its most balanced offensive performance of the season so far as five players scored in double figures. Junior guard Jeremy Lin led the team with 18 points, with freshman forward Peter Boehm adding 14 and Pusar scoring a season-best 12. Junior guard Dan McGeary and freshman guard Oliver McNally came off the bench to score 11 and 10 points, respectively—both season-highs. The reserves came through especially mid-way through the second half, as Maine had rallied from a 30-23 halftime deficit and nine-point disadvantage early on in the half...
...greens are so sure about the Colorado Senator, and Salazar's nomination could represent Obama's first conflict with the environmental community. Although mainstream green groups like Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) were quick to praise Salazar - Dan Grossman, head of EDF's Rocky Mountain office, calls Salazar a "rare talent" - other environmentalists were far less impressed. "His environmental record is pretty mixed," says Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, based in Tucson, Ariz. "He's far from the most antienvironmental guy out there, but he's no environmental hero...
Without that initiative, the rat numbers would be expected to stay the same or even go up, says Dan Kass, an assistant commissioner in the city's department of health and mental hygiene...
...dates in return for $356,000 worth of stock at prices far below market value. He neglected to mention anything about it on his tax returns. Kerner was convicted in 1973 of bribery, conspiracy, income tax evasion, mail fraud and perjury and was sentenced to three years in prison. Dan Walker, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War who made a name for himself by heading up the investigation into the riots at the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention, came into office the same year Kerner was convicted; after he left, he started a savings and loan...