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...life, and I know how it feels." That feeling of deprivation, according to Satter, is a recipe for disaster. "You end up putting a lot of pressure on food," she says, "and the kids end up losing track of how hungry or full they are. They get into a habit of eating while the eating is good, instead of simply eating until they are full...
...shares with two dogs named Scrappy and Coco, whom he puts to sleep with his non-stop monologue. The mutts provide him with a nom de stylist (Scrappy Coco). After landing, a mild mannered young man named Michael (Nick Swardson), whom Zohan rescues from a snooty street bully (his habit is to literally tie bad guys into knots), provides him with a spare room. He also provides an older woman, who just happens to be Michael's Mom (Lainie Kazan in lustful fettle), who cheerfully adopts Zohan as her boy toy, much to her son's dismay...
...occurred to me that we also share a deeper affinity, a habit of mind that's been instilled or reinforced during our time here: our deep phobia of risk, of taking chances...
...another transplant from Yankees country. “But it became really annoying once I got to Harvard.” As Kumar notes, the “pseudo-Red Sox fans”—the ones who abandon their hometown teams or pick up a Sox-habit only after freshman move-in—are the real problem for the Crimson Yankees fan.Two weeks later, the Curse of the Bambino ended. The fifth floor of Weld Hall again provided an excellent view of the festivities as the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years...
...smoking are deeply ingrained in the brain, and are strongly tied to social and environmental triggers. That network of neural connections, once cemented, is tough to break. But having certain versions of genes that facilitate neural flexibility - easing the uncoupling of certain brain connections and replacing them with new habits - could, says Rose, help people to quit smoking more quickly. "It may be that connection-forming genes are involved in the formation of addictive behaviors and in the ability to learn new behaviors that compete with and break the habit," he says. "These findings open up new, fascinating investigations into...