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...week for stocks over the past four decades. So what, other than coincidence, accounts for the infamous "Monday effect"? Several academics point to the preceding weekend, which often follows a shaky Friday. That's when individual investors--who do the majority of Monday trading--tend to ponder their investments and nervously peruse speculation in Barron's on Saturday and the big newspaper financial sections on Sunday before deciding to bail out. Other experts, like University of Chicago professor Richard Thaler, put it down to basic psychology. "People are just in bad moods on Mondays," he says. And the market...
...want to argue with the writers on the merits of the issue, just to ponder at their use of Marx's saying that democracy provides freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. The writers use this saying to support their argument. But Marx said that as a critique of the human rights idea, as manifested in the French Declaration of the Rights...
...impressively diverse coalition of college students, young suburban professionals, Lilith Fair stalwarts, fusion-music devotees and even recovering Deadheads. For fan Sarah Patejak, 18, the music's allure was that "it's all-purpose. You can dance to it or just chill to it." Ryan Connor, 17, came to ponder the lyrics, which, he said, "force you to think...
...Asia back then. How on earth did he do it without a way to keep the home fires burning? "In essence," said biologist Steve Weiner, lead author of the study, "we spoil the story." Look on the bright side -- scientists now have a whole new missing link to ponder. The Zhoudoudian tourist industry is unlikely to see it that way, however...
...sweet seduction it is. "How many fates turn around in the overtime?" Amos asks. "Ballerinas that have fins that you'll never find?" Most Tori devotees have spent enough time with her albums to interpret her Cheshire Cat-esque questions; and even if one hasn't, simply beginning to ponder them against the sweeping piano background is nothing short of enrapturing...