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...rhythm, and it often comes in ways that involve literal rhythm. Soldiers march and chant. Religions incorporate singing and even dancing in their rituals. Sports events are filled with songs, synchronized cheers, and cries of "DEE-fense." In order to study the power of such collective behaviors, Stanford psychologists Scott S. Wiltermuth and Chip Heath devised a pair of tests. (See pictures of Super Bowl entertainment through the ages...
...extremely dependable,” Brand said. “It’s his senior year, it’s going to be tough to lose him.” Freshman Valentin Staller continued to shine for the sabre, but also got some unexpected help from senior Scott DiGiulio. “The other starter that I think is coming out of his funk is Scott DiGiulio, who came on very strong,” Brand said. “He’s been struggling all year, and today was one of those days where it looks like...
...Scott Sigler of San Francisco also missed out on getting his first novel published, with a deal collapsing in late 2001. But like Hutchins, he built a big Internet fan base on novel podcasting, which led to a 2007 deal with The Crown Publishing Company (a division of Random House), one believed to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sigler reached a milestone this month by cracking the New York Times Hardcover Fiction bestseller list with Contagious, a first for an author emerging from the podcast genre. The print run for Contagious is 80,000 copies...
...obnoxious dating-show contestant certain he can charm his way into viewers' hearts at the reunion special. He's the Big Brother housemate who cheats on his girlfriend on camera but hopes that she, and America, will see it was just the editing. He's bumbling Michael Scott, of the reality-show-in-a-sitcom The Office: modeling himself after movie characters, armed with a thousand rationalizations, convinced that he's the world's best boss. Because it says so, right there on his coffee...
...Sports Illustrated, which throws another popular bash, is also feteless this year. The magazine (which, like TIME, is owned by Time Warner) just suffered a round of job cutbacks. "In this historically challenged economy, hosting an extravaganza was not realistic," says SI spokesman Scott Novak. Nike is passing on a party. Cadillac, which has sponsored a celebrity go-kart race the past six years, also shuttered its event. Warrick Dunn and Derrick Brooks, who play for the hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers, had scheduled a celebrity party and golf tournament for Jan. 29-30. But the event fell about...