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...extensive work on adaptation, Edward Diener has found two life events that seem to knock people lastingly below their happiness set point: loss of a spouse and loss of a job. It takes five to eight years for a widow to regain her previous sense of well-being. Similarly, the effects of a job loss linger long after the individual has returned to the work force...
Meanwhile, back on the court, the Pacers, even with three of their best players suspended, went on to win three of their next four games, while Detroit, the defending NBA champion, is struggling to regain its championship form. The two teams will meet again this season--in Indianapolis on Christmas Day. They are not likely to be exchanging gifts. --With reporting by Peter Bailey and Sean Gregory/New York, Joseph R. Szczesny/ Detroit and David Thigpen/Chicago
...largest city. In mid-November, at the height of Operation al-Fajr, Mosul erupted in violence as gangs of fighters attacked police stations and engaged in pitched street battles with U.S. and Iraqi forces. It took the Americans and their Iraqi partners the better part of a week to regain control, and a U.S. battalion had to be recalled from Fallujah to help. The attackers "showed a degree of local command and control we have not seen before," says Brigadier General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. forces in Mosul. "The willingness to stand and fight signaled to me that something...
...matter what form hypertension treatment takes, patients have to accept that like diabetes, the disease is one that will never really go away. As pressure comes down, however, the body should begin to heal. Hardened arteries may never regain all their lost limberness, but they do improve. Enlarged hearts change even more dramatically. Cornell's Devereux cites a study in which the portion of the heart that was made up of healthy tissue went from 30% to 75% in patients on medication to control their pressure. Treating elevated cholesterol can help too, clearing fats from the recovering circulatory system...
...study finds that divorced men aged 40 to 75 are more physically fit than their married counterparts, but upon remarriage—with a more regulated lifestyle, more time spent eating and more home-cooked meals—men regain the lost weight...