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...that it is not unreasonable to encourage seniors to get out there more. Only 10% of people over 65 get the recommended amount of exercise (at least 2.5 to 5 hours a week), and given that seniors already tend to be more socially isolated than younger adults, it's difficult to motivate them to become more active. "If you are alone, you are less likely to follow recommendations," notes Verghese. It might help, though, if you visit with Grandma more often and let her know that a regular pastime may just help her stay fitter and sharper longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Old Age, Friends Can Keep You Young. Really | 6/24/2009 | See Source »

There are some potential holes in Elman's work, all of which he acknowledges. For one thing, it's possible women avoid the unattractive faces not because they're less sensitive to them but because they're more sensitive, simply finding the hardships endured by unhealthy babies too difficult to contemplate. Such highly tuned empathy can ultimately make them better caregivers, even if a four-second exposure to the idea is painful. "Everyone will try to get away from a stimulus that feels like a punishment and hold on to one that feels like a reward," Elman says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is an Ugly Baby Harder to Love? | 6/24/2009 | See Source »

...With corruption, jobs, inflation, education and health care as the top five issues most Indonesians care about, SBY is the only candidate regularly polling above or near 50%, the threshold necessary to win in one voting round. Still, some polls - and it is difficult to know which surveys are unbiased and reliable - show the race getting closer. Failure to reach that will send the top two vote getters to a second round in September, something the incumbent and front runner would probably like to avoid. "The question now is whether it is better for SBY to win with a slight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Indonesia Vote, Change Not on Ticket | 6/24/2009 | See Source »

Such decisions, in their human dimensions, are among the hardest that an institution like ours can make. But difficult circumstances have called for difficult decisions across the University...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Announces Impending Layoffs | 6/23/2009 | See Source »

...nightly news TG1 has been roundly criticized for its vague and misleading reports on the scandal.) Berlusconi's power goes beyond just the physical instruments of communication. He has perfected the art of politics as an around-the-clock magician's act. And in Italy, the only thing more difficult than trying to imagine how he can avoid disappearing is imagining what public life would be like without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Berlusconi in Crisis After Allegation of Affair | 6/23/2009 | See Source »

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