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...hotly derided, happiness hasn't got much attention from researchers. One reason is the difficulty of quantifying happiness: it is a condition that is diagnosed and defined not by the doctor but by the patient. Another is the medical community's tendency to study pathology, not normality. "In spite of its name and its charter," Seligman avers, "the National Institute of Mental Health has always been the National Institute of Mental Illness." He notes that when the NIMH was created in 1947, "academics found that they could get grants if their research was about curing mental illness...
...spite of the North's increasingly menacing brinkmanship, South Korea advocates a diplomatic strategy markedly different from that of the U.S. While the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is inclined to force North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to heel by isolating him and imposing harsh sanctions, Seoul is pushing assistance and engagement?and it wants the U.S. to negotiate with Kim before he goes too far. Youthful South Koreans like Lee favor this approach. "They are rejecting the Cold War mentality and deliberately setting out on a new course," says Kim Kyung Won, former South Korean ambassador...
...several stories, he described the burden of being an immigrant’s son and an outsider. After announcing his candidacy for student body president in high school in the 1930s, for example, the vice-principal asked Lee to withdraw. In spite of his not having “a Chinaman’s chance,” according to the administrator, he won the presidency...
...very grateful to the other Masters for allowing Leverett to go our own way on this. In spite of randomization, the Houses retain distinct personalities determined by their architecture and geography. Leverett is unusual in having a large number of married tutor suites. In part because of this, our tutors tend to be older and more mature than resident tutors at other Houses. Some raise kids in the House. This contributes to a homey, family atmosphere at Leverett that I love and have tried to nurture...
...spite of the Peljto and Cserny’s success on the scoreboard, however, the Crimson offense is still suffering from turnovers woes...