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...tested similar interventions in controlled trials at Penn and in huge experiments conducted over the Internet. The single most effective way to turbocharge your joy, he says, is to make a "gratitude visit." That means writing a testimonial thanking a teacher, pastor or grandparent--anyone to whom you owe a debt of gratitude--and then visiting that person to read him or her the letter of appreciation. "The remarkable thing," says Seligman, "is that people who do this just once are measurably happier and less depressed a month later. But it's gone by three months." Less powerful but more...
Sullivan tells us we should get over it and support Bush because in wartime we owe him a second chance. Excuse me? Why are we in wartime, and who put us there? As an American citizen, I owe Bush nothing...
...with the next four decades or so of his professional life, DiCaprio is entitled to chill. At 30, he has been a working actor for 17 years. He knows he's pretty good, but he recognizes that talent is not the only factor in his success. "I owe a lot to Titanic," he says. "That movie gave me the ability to steer the course of my own destiny." Now DiCaprio has reached a point at which he has the ability to do whatever he wants and an understanding of exactly what he wants to do. "I'd like...
Allowing that Flying Daggers breaks no new ground, it is an enjoyable film in its own right. Yimou’s stunning cinematography more than redeems the incoherent plot of the movie, which seems to owe too much of its structure to autonomous themes that have become clichés long ago in American cinema...
...bottom line is that I’m very happy here,” Murphy told The Crimson from Texas, where he is recruiting. “You never say never in this business. You owe it to your family to listen to what people have to say. But I certainly expect to be the Harvard football coach next year...