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Even with a job, you may suffer...
Junk bonds didn't get their name for no reason. If the recession worsens, default rates will continue to rise and returns will suffer. A period of widespread price deflation in goods and services, which some have argued is a risk, would be especially tough on companies struggling with hefty interest payments. Barring such developments, though, the bad news is already priced into the market...
...like most people, you know that a sleepless night can sap your energy and turn your brain into mush. So it may be hard to fathom how anyone could complain about having too much sleep. And yet that's the predicament faced by the estimated 200,000 Americans who suffer from a condition called narcolepsy. They don't generally fall asleep in the middle of a meal or a conversation--that happens in movies and television sitcoms. But they struggle with an overwhelming sense of drowsiness they can't shake--even after a good night's rest...
...latter include the somber and acerbic hymn of hate to the boredom French lefty intellectuals always attribute to respectable middle-class life, Sunday, 1888-1890. (Does the worthy proletariat ever suffer from ennui? Apparently not.) Nothing is happening. A young husband in a stiff jacket and striped pants is poking the fireplace in a desultory way. His wife stares out the window, her back to us. The folds and pleats of her costume, intensely formal, suggest a caryatid--but a caryatid with nothing at all to support and nothing whatever to do. An equally bored-looking cat, if cats...
FOOD FOR SIGHT Seniors tend to have trouble with panoramic views. About 20% of Americans over 60 suffer from macular degeneration, above, which gradually cloaks their sight in shadow. In a surprise finding, researchers report that simply taking vitamins may slow the progression of the disease. High doses (far above those recommended by the Food and Drug Administration) of antioxidant vitamins C, E and beta carotene, combined with zinc, offer measurable protection against vision loss...