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Still, is there anything wrong with medicating normal sadness if you don't mind side effects? Horwitz and Wakefield take no position on this. They point out that women giving birth take painkillers even though pain is a normal part of the process. But the authors also note that "loss responses are part of our biological heritage." Nonhuman primates separated from sexual partners or peers have physiological responses that correlate with sadness, including higher levels of certain hormones. Human infants express despair to evoke sympathy from others. These sadness responses suggest sorrow is genetic and that it is useful...
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...fact that it was Mrs. Astor who led the campaign to bring this iconic and invaluable institution back to its rightful place at the center of the city's life. Her contributions to this effort were, and remain, immeasurable, but to highlight just a few, it is important to note that it was she who recruited cosmetics mogul Richard B. Salomon and, later, former chairman of Time Inc. Andrew Heiskell to the cause. She also brought together New York high society, and helped to form an alliance not only with writers, artists, journalists and politicians, but also with corporate America...
...Rove had several conversations with Bush earlier this year about leaving. He wanted to time his departure just right - not an easy task in a year when the President's job approval rating has been at historic lows. But Rove did manage to exit on a relatively high note - in the wake of Congress' passage of the sweeping new electronic surveillance law that the White House had wanted and most Democrats had opposed...