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Though most of us spend a lifetime pursuing happiness, new research is showing that that goal may be largely out of our control. Two new studies this month add to a growing body of evidence that factors like genes and age may impact our general well-being more than our best day-to-day attempts...
...Good Heart or a Good Angle? Bob Geldof's piece about President George W. Bush's impact on Africa revealed that my heroes can be fallible [March 3]. I would have expected a more nuanced perspective from Geldof, a man who has worked so hard on the African continent. Sure, the Bush Administration has poured millions of dollars into Africa, and that's certainly laudable. However, it sounds naive of Geldof to attribute this to Bush's desire to live up to the American ideal of "the Good, the Fair and the Just." Though Geldof pointed out that China...
...Gates told reporters in a hastily called briefing that a public "misperception" of a gap between Fallon and the Administration on Iran policy couldn't be erased, and that its "cumulative" impact had become a "distraction" that prompted Fallon to offer his resignation on Tuesday morning. "That's why I believe he has made the right choice," Gates said. The Secretary said he couldn't explain the persistence of this "misperception," or why it couldn't be eliminated. "We have tried to put this misperception behind us over a period of months and, frankly, just have not been successful...
...widely credited as the mastermind behind the Republican presidential campaign victories in 2000 and 2004. He served in various positions in the Bush administration from January 2001 until his resignation last August. “When it comes to someone like Karl Rove, he’s had an impact on the political climate of the past few years,” Motley said. “Having someone with that much knowledge come to campus is a great way to show what brilliant people are in our party and to show students how you go about running a great...
...impact of [the flat funding] at a time where research is so exciting and prospects so achievable is creating a logjam in the grant application process,” said Kevin Casey, the associate vice-president for government, community, and public affairs at Harvard. “The pipeline for grants is really being stressed and clogged...