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...Exhibit A in the possible return to normalcy was the 3.5% loss in the tech-heavy NASDAQ, compared to the much smaller drop in the Dow and S&P. The indexes had been moving pretty much in tandem, but broke their lockstep on Tuesday on concerns about slower growth at Google, Intel's after-the-bell third-quarter earnings report, and how much companies will be investing in technology next year. Though a sharp drop, it was a hopeful sign that investors may have returned to caring about stocks' fundamentals and have left the sphere of fear that had been...
Identifying risk factors in preschool or even earlier helps parents and school administrators step in earlier too. Children who exhibit aggressive behavior can be counseled earlier, for example, and harsh parents can be taught a gentler form of discipline. The authors say further study is needed to answer questions of cause and effect. For instance, does children's aggressive behavior prompt harsh parenting or vice versa? And what about the role of older siblings? Psychologists know that older siblings often victimize their younger brothers and sisters, sometimes to great detriment; studying these family dynamics may help parents protect younger siblings...
...exhibition used its own form of shock therapy. Video screens looped graphic footage of lobotomies and electroshock treatment. A nearby board displayed photos of celebrities, such as Kurt Cobain and Elliot Smith, who, the exhibit claimed, had allegedly been killed by psychiatry. Outside on Brattle Street, the group’s organizers handed out DVDs featuring the exhibition’s footage to passers...
...particularly contentious claim in both the exhibit and the DVD was that “in the past four decades, nearly twice as many Americans have died in government psychiatric hospitals than in all US wars since 1776.” Another alleged that psychiatrists are “treating people against their will...
...NASA began its quest to put a man on the moon, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Dr. Zhivago topped bestseller lists, Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor shone in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and the Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., integrated for the first time. The exhibit also includes works by Andy Warhol from the period as well as photographs by the artist duo McDermott and McGough taking a look at teenage life in Detroit circa...