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...first scene, Sara immediately erupts into a rant about how she has inherited her explosive rage from her father. David proceeds to describe his own anger, so affected by his indifference towards life that even it is apathetic; the way in which he copes with his temper is to sleep. As the play progresses, the two trade off their storytelling in a series of anecdotes that involves Sara’s hatred of everyone she knows and David’s unwillingness to try anything remotely new. Eventually, both realize that their jaded perspectives conceal well-developed defense mechanisms against...
...best advice, however, may be to weigh the intangibles. Don't skimp on the pleasure you might get from waking with the sun and going to sleep to the sound of crickets just because you can't calculate a market value for them. In cities, says John Ikerd, an agricultural economist and professor emeritus at the University of Missouri, "people buy things like views, good schools, health clubs and privacy." In the country, he says, be prepared to assign a value of perhaps $100,000 to the simple asset of quality of life. Do that, and peaceful living starts...
There are a number of ways that stress can recalibrate our physical machinery. For starters, stressed-out people tend to neglect their health in general - they eat poorly, sleep badly, don't exercise and smoke and drink too much - behaviors that don't exactly promote well-being. Stress also triggers the body's endocrine systems, prompting the release of hormones that play out in the body in a variety of ways: they might, for instance, irritate lymphatic tissue that in turn alters our immune functions, or they might simply cause the resting heart to beat faster. "Anybody who has almost...
...physical pain to obtain information. The Administration refuses to confirm specific interrogation techniques because it says opponents can train against them if they know what to expect. Extensive reporting, however, has shown that the U.S. has used techniques including raising and lowering temperatures in detainees' cells, withholding food, isolation, sleep deprivation with light or noise, forcing detainees into stress positions, head-slapping and water-boarding or simulated drowning. Critics like Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch and the Council of Europe, among others, say that some of these techniques - individually or in combination - can amount to torture...
...means. Guests plan their itineraries, choosing which ports to visit and how many days at sea or in harbor while visiting such places as Monaco. Then again, staying aboard can be appealing. Many yachts are outfitted with gyms, pools and movie theaters. Feel free to invite friends, as most sleep 12. Guests on the 153-ft. (47 m) Argyll can use its 24-ft. (7 m) tender or kayaks to explore the coast in places like the Exumas in the Bahamas. "If you put your hand out, a drink will be in it," says Jill Bobrow, editor of Showboats International...