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...plenty of rigor in my classes at Harvard, but the lack of rigor cited in Lecturer Tal Ben-Shahar’s classes mask the fact that what he is imparting—quite successfully—could be the most important takeaway in students’ years on-campus. If they can walk away understanding that gratitude is the character strength most closely associated with happiness, or that having a meaningful social circle is one of the best predictors of aging well, they will not only change their lives, but they will “pay it forward?...
...insurgents streaming in from Fallujah. As the troops load into their humvees, Sergeant Lenore Swenson, 25, from Colorado Springs, Colo., who dreams of leaving the Army someday and buying a horse ranch, tucks her flaxen hair under her helmet. Her friendly grin vanishes beneath a black fire-retardant mask with goggles. She trained as a driver, but her superiors switched her to gunner. "We need maturity behind the gun," says squad leader Darren Horve...
...internal controversies of the Olympics, they were on parade even before the opening ceremony. Propecia sounds like an Olympian god and so it had its sacrificial victim. At 26, U.S. skeleton driver Zach Lund uses the drug to reduce his hair loss, but it's banned because it can mask the use of steroids. As a result, he has been banished from the games. Wayne Gretzky, head of Canada's hockey team, is being stalked by a scandal linking his wife Janet Jones and close associates to gambling. Says an indignant Christine Keshen, a member of Canada's women...
...like an Olympian god, and so it had its sacrificial victim. U.S. skeleton slider Zach Lund clearly needs the drug, used to reduce hair loss due to male-pattern baldness but shouldn't have used it. As a result, he has been banished from the Games because Propecia can mask the use of steroids. In another roil, Wayne Gretzky, head of Canada's hockey team, is being stalked by a scandal linking his wife Janet Jones and a close associate to a mess of gambling. Says an indignant Christine Keshen, a member of the Canadian women's curling team...
...genetics gear us toward solid, supportive relationships. It is through these that we survive." Just as strong bonds are the path to avoiding depression, so they're the only escape route from its grip. Fortinberry says her depression was cured by her relationship with Murray. Antidepressants can only mask pain, she adds, while cognitive behavioral therapy is inherently flawed because it assumes that healing occurs from the inside out when really it happens from the outside...