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...part of the brain that takes over when we are frightened is called the amygdala. It's an ancient, almond-shaped mass of nuclei located deep within the brain's temporal lobes. The amygdala is designed to be wildly sensitive to certain things - for instance, anything uncontrollable and unfair (like a terrorist attack involving an airplane) - and remarkably forgiving toward other, far deadlier menaces that seem to be small in scale (car crashes) or involve less suffering (heart attacks...
...about weak orders. "It's a double whammy," says Dino Sola, a finance professor at the University of Monaco. "First the credit crunch gets out of control and then, when we get our act together, we realize that we are in the midst of a recession that is potentially deep and long-lasting...
...policymakers, the critical issue is the speed with which the inevitable weaning off of credit now takes place. If the "deleveraging" is quick, it will mean the European economy will be much better placed to rebound on a healthier footing. But curtailing credit would hurt consumers who are deep in debt, and would have serious consequences for retailers and others dependent on household spending for their livelihoods. If the deleveraging is slow, the economy could remain sluggish for several years, weighed down by debt levels. "It was transfusions of credit that made the economy buoyant, but if there...
Before this summer, my personal grooming consisted of, you know, soap. I felt a deep mistrust towards anyone who would shell out twenty bucks to have someone else clean their feet...
...came to plug in a footbath, which vibrated slightly. I could deal with this, I thought, as I dunked my toes in the warm water. Deep breaths...