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...also worth noting that the current report identifies only an association between optimism and longevity; it does not actually establish whether optimism can directly cause a longer life. Additional research will have to be done in order to answer that question. But if a sunnier disposition helps promote healthy behaviors like eating well and exercising regularly, then there's no reason not to view the glass as half full...
...Africa in the aftermath of apartheid was designed to encourage a national catharsis of a shameful past. Most agree that the effort was worthwhile. Some would say there can be no forgiveness without repentance. The Bush-Cheney Administration was arrogant to the very end. Perhaps it is time to establish our own version of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission so that we can truly move on. G. Patrick Thompson, ROSEVILLE, MICH...
...this Ernie was a fully costumed mannequin seated in a mule-drawn carriage that followed her casket. As the widow of the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the Universe"--whose 1961 hit song "Mother-in-Law" provided the name for the music lounge the couple would later establish as a New Orleans institution--Antoinette thought it her duty to keep Ernie's memory alive with the life-size likeness she kept at the establishment. The mannequin's hands were removable so that she could take them for periodic manicures, which Ernie often had while alive...
...environment, Obama’s cap-and-trade proposal is a market-friendly, politically palatable way to reduce carbon emissions. This solution will establish a finite number of pollution permits—and thus a finite cap on pollution—that companies would be required to buy and trade in an open market. Not only will this efficiently reduce carbon emissions, but the administration projects that it would raise $79 billion in revenue. Importantly, the flexibility of cap-and-trade should make it a politically viable alternative to solutions like the gas tax, which has faced undeserved popular...
...state-owned enterprises, hiked teacher salaries, cut sales taxes on some vehicles and subsidized purchases of appliances for rural consumers. Some local officials have even issued spending coupons. The effort to keep growth going at all costs will continue, the optimists say. "China needs to build up credibility and establish its reputation as it rises as a global power, and the timing has never been so right when Western economies are being brought to their knees in this global financial meltdown," the Merrill economists wrote. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...