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There are numerous ways to do that, they argue. At the University of California at Riverside, psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky is using grant money from the National Institutes of Health to study different kinds of happiness boosters. One is the gratitude journal--a diary in which subjects write down things for which they are thankful. She has found that taking the time to conscientiously count their blessings once a week significantly increased subjects' overall satisfaction with life over a period of six weeks, whereas a control group that did not keep journals had no such gain...
...known nothing more closely than the sea," Subash says. "Now I hate it." --With reporting by Aravind Adiga/Kahawa; John Dickerson/ Washington; Ilya Garger, Neil Gough and Hanna Kite/ Hong Kong; Robert Horn/ Bangkok; Zamira Loebis/ Banda Aceh; Andrew Marshall/Khao Lak; Alex Perry/ Tamil Nadu; Ulla Plon/ Copenhagen; Sonja Steptoe/ Los Angeles; Aatish Taseer/ London; and Jason Tedjasukmana/ Jakarta...
...Democratic state controller, urged colleagues to give their strident reform policies "an extreme makeover." They agreed to focus on executive compensation instead of more controversial issues. But Angelides plans to continue the CalPERS fight. "We won't be silenced," he says. "There's too much at stake." By Sonja Steptoe/ Los Angeles
...this season's postelection pulse taking, morality re-emerged as a top voter concern. But it has been a consistent theme for the Rev. Billy Graham, 86, preacher to millions over six decades and counselor to 10 Presidents. TIME's Sonja Steptoe caught up with him as he embarked on what will probably be his final round of crusades, beginning last weekend at the Rose Bowl...
When a few weeks later the paper tells of the young Parisfal director storming out of the Festspielhaus, I remember Sonja and Gerlinde. By now, the pension will be buzzing with the cast and crew members. As Sonja serves their beers, she will collect all the latest intelligence about what’s up on the Festspielhaus hill. I smile. I wish I were back where Cosima and Richard are household names...