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...NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT HEALTH, WEALTH, AND HAPPINESS (Yale University Press; 293 pages), the two University of Chicago professors sketch a new approach to public policy that takes into account the odd realities of human behavior, like the deep and unthinking tendency to conform, even in areas--like energy consumption--where conformity is irrelevant. For 30 years, Thaler has documented the ways people act illogically: we eat more from larger plates, care twice as much about losing money as about gaining it, fret over rare events like plane crashes instead of common ones like car accidents. That research underpins Nudge...
...began researching this piece wanting to condemn Watson’s acts and their philosophy. Eco-terrorism has always repelled me; using violence against humans seems an odd way to preach compassion towards animals. Moreover, many of Watson’s actions seem patently counter-productive: Icelandic support for whaling was said to peak after Watson scuttled two Icelandic whaling boats in Reykjavik’s harbor...
...play for the win, as all three of its goals came on power plays. “Special teams [was] a big thing,” sophomore goalkeeper Kyle Richter said of the two regular-season games against Cornell. “The defense limited [Cornell’s] odd-man rushes. The guys did a good job of keeping them to the outside and allowing me to see the puck.” Less than 90 seconds after the first tally, the Crimson struck again as senior forward Jon Pelle capitalized on the man-advantage to score the eventual...
...crying in my beer," said Carter, "They engaged in a lot of tactics and strategies, but that's what it's all about... The split seems a little bit odd, especially in our precinct, where in the room primary night it was clear Obama had the majority two to one." It is a fight that will be repeated at the three-day June convention in Austin, when the next battle in the Democratic war to win Texas is joined...
...patrolling Baghdad's streets When I was a platoon leader, we had to maintain continuous patrols so I would be out from 3 in the morning until 11 in the morning, or I'd be out from 10 at night until 6 in the morning - just ridiculously odd hours that would change every day almost. So it became really weird - not to sleep or eat really...