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China and the U.S. are passing one another going in opposite directions. Deng Xiaoping, who ran China after Mao had become a tourist attraction lying in a glass box in Beijing, began moving the country to a capitalist economy. By the time he died in 1997, China had begun vigorous trade with the outside world leading to remarkable years of GDP growth. (See pictures of China's electronic waste village...
...getting tougher these days to think of the glass as half full rather than half empty, but if you're going to survive this economic crisis - literally - you might as well...
...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...
...Antoinette made her way through a town famous for celebrating its dead--in a glass-topped coffin and glass-walled hearse, no less--she displayed the unapologetic verve that she and Ernie were known for: they both wore head-to-toe white and jewelry befitting an emperor and his loyal empress...
...used to listen to him in the car...I'd notice that I disagreed with everything he was saying, yet I not only wanted to keep listening, I actually liked him." - NPR's Ira Glass, The New York Times Magazine, July...