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...Fortunately, the research also offers a possible solution for landing a new job. "It might be handy to sit down and count a stack of money before going out to the job interview," says Baumeister of Florida State University. Another option? "Set up a screensaver that shows money," says Vohs. "That might help ameliorate some of those feelings of being rejected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Counting Money Can Make You Happier | 7/25/2009 | See Source »

...groundskeepers to unearth the coffins that were already buried in these plots. They were placed on trucks and disposed of in a remote section of the cemetery, often referred to as the "dump area," according to court documents. Bones often fell onto the roadway. Other times, groundskeepers would "double stack" human remains within a single, unmarked grave in the secluded part of the cemetery. One employee told investigators that sometimes a new cement liner would be brought to a burial plot and lowered onto the pre-existing one. Then a coffin containing a newly deceased person would be buried there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outside Chicago, a Grim Tale of Unearthed Graves | 7/11/2009 | See Source »

...percentage of Americans will ever really go green for green's sake - and utilities will surely resist top-down efforts to get them to sell less electricity. But by appealing to our checkbooks instead of our conscience, My Emissions Exchange might help reduce U.S. carbon emissions better than a stack of hectoring environmental reports. "We're betting that people will respond to a positive incentive and get paid to reduce," says Herrgesell. (See pictures of the world's most polluted places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Your Slice of the Cap-and-Trade Pie | 7/7/2009 | See Source »

...while the Indian government fumbles its way through amendments and observations and laws pitted against each other, Asha learns to cook in the microwave, to operate the washing machine and to stack the dishwasher, instead of learning the alphabet or math. Sitting in a park, keeping an eye on the children she minds, she talks about running in fields near her home town in West Bengal, playing hide and seek with her sister, and collecting raw mangoes and eating them with salt. And suddenly, from a children's nanny, Asha returns for a moment to what she is - a child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Under Pressure to Do More to Stop Child Labor | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

Michael J. Arlen ’52 met Updike when he arrived at The Lampoon as a freshman with stack of clippings from his high school newspaper tucked under...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: John H. Updike '54 | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

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