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Apart from a kind of sybaritic utilitarianism, there is science to explain this yen for closets. Getting organized appears to lower stress and anxiety and increase efficiency. Sheila Jowsey, a professor of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic, says, "Organization is comforting. It's soothing." How does this age of bigger and more luxurious closets bring about that kind of Zen? "We don't have the disposable time to go through our possessions and determine what we need, so it accumulates," Jowsey says. "What Americans do have is enough disposable income to tell somebody, 'Build...
...sometimes it’s been tough to find a balance between golf and academics. But his teammates are “fun guys to be around,” he said. “They taught me not to take myself too seriously, telling me not to stress out about balancing everything and to relax with golf. I’ve definitely had to make some [academic] sacrifices, but I think I’ve been pretty fortunate in my adjustment.”At the St. John’s Invitational this fall, Christensen shot...
...cremation and has the ashes scattered at sea. Then we hold a memorial service in the backyard of the family home, where we have had so many good times. Family and friends gather for a potluck meal, and we bring out the photo albums and reminisce. No fuss, no stress and very little expense. Down with funeral homes! JOYCE ELLIOTT Los Angeles...
With audiences hostile to innovation, and in the absence of franchise directors, distributors look for movies that stress heart over art. The three breakout foreign-language hits of the '90s--Cinema Paradiso and Il Postino from Italy and Like Water for Chocolate from Mexico--are nice romantic dramas about love and loss. They were brilliantly promoted by Miramax. But they didn't extend film language as Fellini's or Godard's films did; instead, they gave audiences that warm-puppy feeling. Any Disney movie can do that. So can many of the American independent films that have filled...
...soil, water, air and just ongoing monitoring of the environment to ensure as best we can that people avoid things, either infectious agent or toxins or any kind of exposures that might cause disease," he said early in 2004. But he added that such steps would not eliminate the stress of combat. "Being in these environments and fighting this kind of war is clearly going to be stressful for some people...