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...Nicolas Véron, a research fellow at the Brussels-based Bruegel economic think tank, says politicians are attacking bonuses because they are easy targets. "Financial regulation is complicated to understand, and bonuses are simple. So at this point, it is 99% political signaling," he says...
Your favorite barista. Your acquaintance at the gym. Your fellow dog walker. Your co-worker. Perhaps these people are more important to your health and welfare than you realize. In her new book, Consequential Strangers: The Power of People Who Don't Seem to Matter ... but Really Do (W.W. Norton), author Melinda Blau and Purdue psychology professor Karen Fingerman explore the meaning of these often overlooked ties. TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs reached Blau at her home in Northampton, Mass. (See TIME's list of the top 10 doctored photos...
...trying to leave their country, he served 10 months, suffering physical and psychological torture, before his freedom was bought by the West German government. (The G.D.R. earned hard currency and rid itself of dissidents by literally selling thousands of political prisoners.) Yet some Ossis still think Juritza and his fellow prisoners deserved their punishment. He tells of falling into conversation with an old man on a Berlin street. When Juritza mentioned his stint in jail, the old man erupted in fury. "Someone forgot to kill you," he said...
...nearly impossible for me to focus on my own workout without getting the feeling that I’m somehow horribly behind. My neighbors’ peeks at my speed or calorie count are never quite as discreet as they think they are. After looking, my nosy fellow exerciser often either cranks up his resistance or speeds up his strides, or else smirks in the knowledge that he’s comfortably ahead...
...Himler said. “We were able to start well and parlay that into some good finishes, and our consistency was great this weekend with all of our top ten finishes.”The A-division pair of skipper and junior captain Alan Palmer and fellow third-year crew Grace Charles were victorious in the sixth race of the weekend, but the duo only managed an 11th-place effort overall in its division.A C-division of racing was also contested in the New York waters over the weekend. Filling the single-handed role requisite of sailing lasers...