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...problems. They run from the minor discomfort of fallen arches and having to wear glasses to really serious problems like diabetes and obesity,” he said. He noted that humans tend to address the symptoms of their physiological problems as opposed to their root causes, a phenomenon that he discouraged. “Our society has taken the small approach to thinking about these problems. We engage in what I’m calling ‘dysevolution,’” said Lieberman. He suggested that society combat obesity by creating a more pro-exercise...
...preceded by some variation of the growled question "Whit ya [expletive] lookin' at?" the term refers to a vicious headbutt, as delivered all too often in the bars and on the streets of Scotland's largest city. Alcohol-fueled violence and binge-drinking are endemic across Britain, but the phenomenon is especially acute north of the border - and it's getting worse. That's why Scottish ministers this week announced radical plans to curb excess drinking...
...like to attribute it more to the excitement about government now as a solution rather than a problem,” McCarthy said, calling the phenomenon the “Obama effect...
...phenomenon like the Beatles." - Michael Harrison, editor and publisher of Talkers magazine. The New York Times Magazine, July...
...children or to talk to them more, result in exponential rewards for babies. In poor families, adults tend to speak to babies only to issue commands, in a business-only style of parenting rather than talking to children to communicate affection, identify objects, introduce concepts or teach language - a phenomenon more common in middle-class and wealthy households. Studies have shown that by preschool age, children whose parents gesture or talk to them less in babyhood know significantly fewer vocabulary words than children whose parents engage them more often. That deficit can affect students' performance for years...