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...Agassi wins,” one man gleefully declared to his buddy, “I’m calling in sick tomorrow...
...test that thesis, Loftus and her assistants gave 131 students a questionnaire about their food preferences and experiences. Members of one group were told, falsely, that at some point in their childhood strawberry ice cream had made them sick. The researchers then encouraged the students to elaborate, asking them where they were when they got sick and who else witnessed the episode. When questioned later about which foods they wanted to eat, 41% of this group said they would avoid strawberry ice cream...
...says the villagers may have been taking skulls from graves or retouching old ones - a scenario which could have unpleasant implications for those responsible. In traditional society, says anthropologist Nancy Sullivan, it's believed that "if you have done something (wrong), the shame and guilt will make you sick...
...been buzzing about the beach were right. After a week of flat or messy seas, clean 2-m waves are rolling in. The tall 25-year-old took up surfing eight months ago. He's unemployed now - a friend chips in that this is because Liava'a kept taking sick days to catch waves. Liava'a laughs this off, but without diverting his gaze from the breakers he says happily, "I have all the time I need now." There is no lack of obsessive surfers in the world. What's unusual about Liava'a is his nationality. Save...
...aftermath of terrorist attacks like the London subway bombings, it is often tempting to conclude that those who purposely commit suicide in the service of mass slaughter must be sick, evil, not quite human; they are not us. But as investigators pieced together the fragments of the plot that left at least 55 dead, Britons were forced to confront a reality nearly as disturbing as the attacks themselves: the killers were their...