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...famous experiments with snacks and kids. Mischel told his subjects they could have one little treat now or two if they waited awhile. The results varied widely. As Mischel and co-author Ozlem Ayduk note in their chapter of 2004's Handbook of Self-Regulation, the definitive psychology text on willpower, the very idea of delayed gratification baffled kids under 4. But nearly 60% of 12-year-olds were able to wait the full 25 minutes until Mischel returned with the two promised sweets...
...menu. He nibbles first at the design, evaluating its overall clarity. He then savors the food descriptions--ravioli with shaved truffles, breaded tenderloin piccata--locating words that give a sense of a dish's flavors and textures. Next he looks to see whether prices are integrated into the text or standing alone by the right-hand margin. Rapp gives our menu a passing grade: the descriptions are laden with helpful adjectives, and the prices are unobtrusive. But a pattern on the paper makes a couple of the entrées difficult to read and could visually discourage a customer from ordering...
...exactly the great Western novel," she concedes, but it has its own fascination, breaking the code of an utterly familiar yet beguiling institution. TIME quizzed Nestle in the aisles at Safeway. For a more panoramic overview, turn the page. [This article contains a complex diagram. For text, please see hardcopy of magazine...
...watch it in all its high-resolution glory on your high-definition TV. Video compression is also featured, which gives four times the video storage of older digital cameras. The amateur needn't fret; a movie stabilizer helps reduce the dreaded vibrations of "camera shake." And Digimax Reader text-recognition software is in place for the James Bond type who needs to snap documents on the fly and then isolate and extract text from an image. The more experienced shutterbug will rejoice in the detailed manual control settings offered by this camera. Aperture Priority allows more depth control, and Shutter...
...least not for a while. "The violence is not only al-Qaeda," says the Jordanian security official. "But this weakens one important link. It's a warning to all these groups that they are not immune. If we can get Zarqawi, we can get you too." [The following descriptive text appears within A diagram] The Strike...