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...They reasoned that people tend to make specific comparisons of personal wealth, not only with the average income of the larger population, but with the individual incomes of their neighbors, colleagues at work or friends from college. And the higher their rank, the greater their sense of happiness and self-worth would likely be. "For example, people might care about whether they are the second most highly paid person, or the eighth most highly paid person, in their comparison set," write the authors, Chris Boyce, a psychologist at the University of Warwick, and Simon Moore, a psychologist at Cardiff University...
...title suggests, the movie follows the underachieving, scrawny, self-conscious Kirk as he dates Molly (Alice Eve) who is everything he is not: successful, beautiful, and confident. Kirk skipped college; Molly has a law degree. Kirk comes from a working-class family; Molly’s background is more affluent...
...could be romantically interested in him. Not even her ex-boyfriend, handsome hockey star Cam (Geoff Stults), even considers the possibility that Kirk is a competitor—he even confuses Kirk for a waiter when he runs into Molly and Kirk at a restaurant. Kirk’s self-confidence issues lead him to drive her away, but not before subjecting himself (and the audience) to a series of almost unbearably awkward situations...
...verbal syncopation and lyrical dexterity are especially evident on “How Low,” and “I Know You Got a Man.” On both tracks, Ludacris’s tongue skips over witty lyrics so quickly and skillfully that his self-congratulatory laughs and hoots seem well-deserved. The already-popular “How Low” is the standout party song on the album, its driving beats, thumping bass, and catchy chorus recreating the successful formula of his previous singles like “Get Back?...
...former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 and engineering Professor Frederick H. Abernathy labeled the Corporation “a dangerous anachronism” and argued that it is “too small, too closed, and too secretive to be intensely self-critical, as any responsible board must...