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...away for another suicide try. By slowing down the film, Ekman found that Mary's face had sagged into despair, a telltale "microexpression" that lasted only one twenty- fourth of a second. Later he found other quick movements of deceit: part of a hand shrug, the brief lift of a shoulder...
Discovery took off at 8:59 a.m. yesterday, after five postponents and a 55-minute delay that force the countdown at nine minutes to lift...
...missed the real story behind the "little signs." The people of Duluth are not Neanderthals (sic) overly wrapped up in their college hockey team. In fact, many probably don't know a face-off from a face lift. What they are acknowledging is the commitment to excellence of this group of student-athletes and their coaching staff. The difference between mediocrity and excellence in sports is very narrow, but it take extraordinary effort to bridge that gap. These players have given that effort-individually and collectively-and for that the community salutes them...
...brake the drive toward ever greater protection, the Geneva-based General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade last week issued a long-awaited study on ways to help lift trade barriers. The 60-page report was put together by a group of seven public and private officials who included Democratic Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Pehr Gyllenhammar, chairman of Volvo. If global commerce were allowed to flow freely, they argue, the world as a whole could regain the vigor that it showed from 1950 to 1973, an era the report describes as "the most dynamic single generation of widespread...
...week's end, though, the crisis began to lift. The Ohio legislature passed a plan to start reopening the thrifts, and Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker publicly vowed to loan them emergency cash if needed. President Reagan played down the situation when asked about it during his White House press conference. "This is not a major threat to the banking system," he said. "There is no other problem of that kind anyplace else in the country that we're aware...