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...trying to do is understand and explain why, over 30 to 40 years, the large economic growth we have experienced hasn't made us any happier," says Boyce. "If absolute income matters, as we increased our income, everybody should get happier at a national level, but we don't seem to. So what we are showing is that in terms of life satisfaction, rank is a better predictor than absolute wealth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Money Isn't Everything — But Status Is! | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...character development occurs in these flashbacks, this love story, along with a second that emerges in the narrative foreground between the other strangers, is fairly well done. Both of these relationships range from extremely endearing at moments to nearly despicable at others, but this often makes them seem more realistic. Neither avoids predictability though, often as a result of the characters’ stereotypical natures; the beautiful young woman first thinks she’s too good for the strange Californian but later reconsiders upon seeing his more tender side. His tender side, by the way, is revealed...

Author: By Parker A. Lawrence, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Yellow Handkerchief | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...imagine this piece juxtaposed with “Expanding Consent,” a thoughtful, 8000-word interview with feminist activist Jaclyn Friedman, also by Perold. The two were sandwiched together in the same issue of H BOMB Magazine, a student publication explicitly focused on sexuality. Together the pieces seem sexy but smart, smart but sexy—just how H BOMB presents itself...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let's Talk About Sex, Harvard | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...allows Devon to shave his testicles. The entire film circles around this urge to thrust Kirk into as many awkward situations as possible—which is funny at times, but mostly falls flat. With this goal at its center, the film lacks a cohesiveness which makes the ending seem rather like a hasty attempt to tie things together...

Author: By Devon M. Newhouse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: She’s Out of My League | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

When asked about the moles that seem omnipresent in the show’s promotional material, Coman laughs and gestures to the giant papier-mâché mole she is in the middle of creating...

Author: By Eleanor T. Regan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Leah | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

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