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...then let loose in a maze. There they navigated their way out far quicker than three other groups of rats, which had been exposed to white noise, silence or a highly repetitive piece by American composer Philip Glass. In the decade since, these studies have sparked an academic storm, with many of Rauscher's peers either refining or debunking her findings. Other researchers have had mixed success in replicating her results. But her work received widespread media attention and gave rise to a pop-psychology trend known as the "Mozart effect." Dozens of Mozart compilation CDs that promise to enhance...
...have a confession to make: I am a political junkie. not that I have a problem - it's under control. But yes, I admit it: I care deeply about the fate of Charles Kennedy, the affable party leader of Britain's Liberal Democrats, who resigned last week after the storm that followed his extraordinary admission that he has received help for what he termed "a drinking problem." So when I was cruising a Web news site late last week, I zeroed in on a headline reading I knew I had a problem, and I couldn't admit it, hoping...
...party. That's why an election that started out as a mere annoyance may pull the curtain down on a political era. According to one survey, 60% believe the government can't fix the cronyism that permeates the federal bureaucracy. For the unlucky Martin, it has become the perfect storm. One of Canada's most accomplished Finance Ministers, Martin, 67, had long groomed himself for the national stage. The names in his personal Rolodex range from international bankers to Bono, the rock-star poverty crusader. But when he became PM in December 2003 after staging an internal party coup that...
...When people ask me about what's going on down there, the first thing I try to do is tell them how big and complex this event has been. We're not talking about a 100-year storm, we're talking about a 1,000-year storm. I don't think it's well understood unless you've actually been down there...
...When people ask me about what's going on down there, the first thing I try to do is tell them how big and complex this event has been. We're not talking about a 100-year storm, we're talking about a 1,000-year storm. I don't think it's well understood unless you've actually been down there...