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...half an inch smaller, on average, than the average woman. Taller people say they are more content, and are less likely to report a range of negative emotions like sadness and physical pain. "Happiness is just one more thing that taller people have going for them," says Angus Deaton, a Princeton economist and co-author of the study, who stands a smug 6 ft. 4 in. (Full disclosure: I, too, am about 6 ft. 4 in., but I will refrain from mocking shrimps in this story...
...tall people happier? According to Deaton's analysis, the result is linked to education and income. The study found that taller people tend to have more education, and thus higher income levels, than shorter people. It follows that the smarter, richer tall people would be sunnier than their vertically challenged compatriots. "Money buys enjoyment and higher life evaluation," says Deaton. "It buys off stress, anger, worry and pain. Income is the thing...
...jubilation affected people in virtually every age group and walk of life. The return of old Coke is "the best thing that ever happened since the wheel," said Randy Deaton, 32, a Michigan hotel manager. "I switched to water when they stopped making the old Coke." Exclaimed Gail Hilty, 16, a senior at Redwood High School in Larkspur, Calif.: "Thank God! I don't like the new stuff at all. Nobody likes it--at least nobody that I know." On Staten Island, N.Y., Tracy Collica, 11, and Michael, 8, feed their two-year-old brother Larry both kinds of Coke...