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...Orwellian revisionist stance has broader implications than what it might mean for the minute differences in the perceptions of Ivy League institutions, however. Wikipedia is like a microcosm for the world wide web: a massive collection of informative pages temptingly authoritative in form but perhaps nonetheless deceptive on the back end. And so we’re forced to ask ourselves, to what extent can we rely on this great resource...
...Lykken's revisionist thinking coincides with the view of the positive-psychology movement, which has put a premium on research showing you can raise your level of happiness. For Seligman and like-minded researchers, that involves working on the three components of happiness--getting more pleasure out of life (which can be done by savoring sensory experiences, although, he warns, "you're never going to make a curmudgeon into a giggly person"), becoming more engaged in what you do and finding ways of making your life feel more meaningful...
...Peter Parker's Aunt May tells him in Spider-Man 2. "People line up for 'em." This summer they have lined up at the multiplexes for two unlikely heroes: Peter, the quiet college student who when duty calls becomes Spider-Man, and Shrek, the green ogre out of a revisionist fairy tale. Shrek 2 is now the fifth top-grossing film of all time in the U.S. Spider-Man 2 has set records of its own: it reached the $200 million mark for domestic box office in just eight days. These two sequels - and the third Harry Potter movie...
...Peter Parker's Aunt May tells him in Spider-Man 2. "People line up for 'em." This summer they have lined up at the multiplexes for two unlikely heroes: Peter, the quiet college student who when duty calls becomes Spider-Man, and Shrek, the green ogre out of a revisionist fairy tale...
Costas believes it's time for players to clean their own locker rooms. He imagines this revisionist pep talk: "We've got to have some comprehensive drug testing for three reasons. 1) It's an unlevel playing field; 2) you're forcing some of us to make the decision to either fall behind competitively or place our own health at risk; and 3) many of us have achieved great things legitimately--why should these cheating bums cast doubts on our achievements...