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...touch the carpet and bring their fingers to their lips. Left to themselves, most would have refused or, if they went along, would have then found the nearest bathroom and spent long minutes--perhaps long hours--scrubbing. Instead, they sat with Grayson and the anxiety, learning a very early lesson that the pain does subside. Extended ERP treatment involves a graduated series of such exposures, each a bit more challenging than the one before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Worry Hijacks The Brain | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

...suffering it inflicts, is nothing more than the brain doing something it's supposed to do--warning you of danger--but doing it very badly. Living in the world means living with risks: real ones, imagined ones, exaggerated ones. That's not an easy lesson, but it's a powerful lesson--one that, once learned, can offer a paradoxical state of peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Worry Hijacks The Brain | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

...foreign-spending spree in the late 1980s. The Japanese not only met xenophobic public opposition in the U.S. but also in several instances vastly overpaid for glamorous properties, like Rockefeller Center. "I don't expect China to go in for trophy properties," says JPMorgan's Ulrich. "They know the lesson of the Japanese debacle." That said, she concedes, the odds are that Chinese companies will make mistakes of their own, given the sheer volume of deals to come. "This," she says, "has only just begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter the Dragon | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

...late 1980s. The Japanese not only met considerable public opposition in the U.S., but in several instances, vastly overpaid for glamorous properties such as the Pebble Beach golf course. "I don't expect China to go in for trophy properties," says JPMorgan's Ulrich. "They know the lesson of the Japanese debacle." That said, she concedes, the odds are that Chinese companies will make mistakes of their own, given the sheer volume of deals to come. "This," she says, "has only just begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter the Dragon: China's Investments | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...three Sunni friends and former teammates he hadn't seen in two years because sectarian violence had forced them into different neighborhoods. "None of our politicians could bring us under this flag like our national football team did," he told The Scotsman. "I wish that politicians could take a lesson from our team, which is made up of Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds who worked together regardless of their backgrounds and won." Similar tales were reported from all over the city. And the Iraqi flag was even waved by celebrating crowds in independence-minded Kurdistan, where its display is officially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soccer in Iraq Helps Ease Tensions | 7/25/2007 | See Source »

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