Word: information
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...Shahar’s “Happier” are signs that its never been trendier to be happy in our Prozac nation. But Gilbert and his colleagues are quick to emphasize the difference between self-help texts and his work, which aims to inform readers rather than promising five magic steps to a better self...
...science simply continued to inform us on random trivia facts, all would be well; however, science, not quite content with its role as an older sibling, has decided to become a parent and start bossing us around...
...former Undergraduate Council representative Aaron D. Chadbourne ’06 announced an award bearing his own name. Chadbourne’s Web site called for nominations and a description of the award was sent over the Dunster House open list, but last night an administrator called to inform Chadbourne of a University policy regulating the establishment of awards that would jeopardize his position as a proctor if he created an award himself. “Had I been fully aware of this policy, I wouldn’t have even gone down this road,” Chadbourne said...
...issues associated with smoking and its impact on health are especially important for public health and policy,” he said. “So I am hopeful that the history of the cigarette, as chronicled in my book, may inform ongoing approaches to reducing the burden of disease...
...most lasting professional legacy was to help build the microfinance program in Indonesia, which she did from 1988 to '92-before the practice of granting tiny loans to credit-poor entrepreneurs was an established success story. Her anthropological research into how real people worked helped inform the policies set by the Bank Rakyat Indonesia, says Patten, an economist who worked there. "I would say her work had a lot to do with the success of the program," he says. Today Indonesia's microfinance program is No. 1 in the world in terms of savers, with 31 million members, according...