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...sadness, frustration and unhappiness are natural reactions to real-life problems -- a painful loss, a relationship gone sour, a conflict that won't go away. Psychiatrists refer to such reactions as "adjustment disorders," and the people who suffer from them as the "worried well." A simple rule of thumb prevails: If the symptoms gradually clear up as the problem subsides, you've probably had an ordinary adjustment disorder. If not, you may be suffering from clinical depression...
...based consulting firm, reported last week that in the past six months Iraq may have secretly sold off up to 50 tons of its bullion reserve, which was last reported, in 1977, to stand at 129 tons. That could explain how Saddam came up with enough hard cash to thumb his nose at a United Nations offer to let him sell $1.6 billion in oil to buy much needed food and medical products abroad...
...much bigger problem," says Robert Monks, whose group, Institutional Shareholder Partners, has waged proxy fights for board representation at Sears, Roebuck. "The real problem is the lack of accountability. CEOs are today's absolute monarchs and their boards are the House of Lords, and they feel they can thumb their noses at us shareholders without fear of being held accountable. But I guarantee you, the days of corporate royalty are over...
...Jamaica Plain and tried to thumb a ride, but no one would pick me up, so I just kept on walking down Route 1. Finally someone picked me up at 1-95 and gave me a ride to Attleboro, where I called my wife, and she said, 'why didn't you call me sooner?' I didn't want to bother her, you know...
...titan -- devoid of electoral experience but rich in patriotic fervor -- to try to bankroll his way into the White House as a high- minded alternative to an unpopular President and the usual band of two- faced out-of-power politicians. In the Frank Capra classic, Tracy falls under the thumb of a cabal of back-room bosses before reclaiming his virtue in a dramatic radio address, in which he confesses, "I sold out my ideals to a gang of corrupt politicians...