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...case, pounds). "What we're trying to do is understand and explain why, over 30 to 40 years, the large economic growth we have experienced hasn't made us any happier," says Boyce. "If absolute income matters, as we increased our income, everybody should get happier at a national level, but we don't seem to. So what we are showing is that in terms of life satisfaction, rank is a better predictor than absolute wealth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Money Isn't Everything — But Status Is! | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...structural level, this setup recalls the myth of Amphytryon, in which Zeus cuckolds an unsuspecting general by taking on his form. References to the myth run through the book—Helena is to play Amphytryon’s wife in an upcoming play and carries a ring with the character’s initial. This parallel story line adds texture to the book’s simple premise. As the Godley family flits and bickers, the gods too flirt with drama. “Oh, Dad,” Hermes frequently exclaims at Zeus’s escapades...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Banville Creates a Parallel Universe in ‘The Infinities’ | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...eating them would show China has reached a new level of civilization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...Corporation’s internal review, which may result in increased transparency, centers around the Corporation’s relationship with the Board of Overseers. The Corporation is known for its high level of secrecy and does not release agendas nor minutes for its meetings...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Corporation Launches Review | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...Tiananmen Square was filled with choking whirlwinds, cars and bicycles were coated in a thin layer of wheat-colored dust, flights were delayed and on March 20 the air pollution index reached 500 - the worst level possible - due to the high level of particulates in the air. A day later, several cities in eastern China including Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou reported similarly bad air quality. Hong Kong and Taiwan also reported dangerously high levels of pollution. (See pictures of the Mongolian Cyclone dusting up Beijing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beijing: Onslaught of The Mongolian Cyclone | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

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