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Part of the reason my score was normal is that the definition of normal has moved. "If we'd taken this study in 1850, we'd all be an 8 or a 9," says Pinsky. "The prevailing wisdom is that there's a steady trend toward narcissism over the past 150 years." In their new book, The Narcissism Epidemic, psychology professors Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell compare the growing psychological condition to obesity. The average college student's score has gone up 20% since 1983, and scores in the dangerous over-20 range have nearly doubled. "No one ever...
...little people are led to believe that once a neighborhood, restaurant or trend has crept into our consciousness, it's no longer authentically cool. In this study, Currid and Williams take aim at that adage. Surveying 300,000 snapshots taken by the photo agency Getty Images at more than 6,000 parties, openings and premieres in 2006 and 2007, the authors attempt to map the cultural epicenters of Los Angeles and New York. Their findings are somewhat surprising: The buzziest neighborhoods aren't blossoming ones like the Lower East Side or Los Feliz, but rather the stalwarts on every basic...
BROCKTON, Mass.—This weekend saw the Harvard baseball team emerge on the friendly end of a few slugfests, but its good luck—and its success at the plate—was bound to run out sometime.Crimson pitching continued its trend of giving up runs in bunches, and Harvard underwent a 16-5 thumping at the hands of Northeastern (15-10, 4-2 CAA) in the first round of the Beanpot Tournament at Campanelli Stadium yesterday afternoon.The loss means that Harvard (7-19, 5-3 Ivy) will play in the consolation game of the Beanpot Tournament...
...DALLAS Trend setters can't get enough of the limited-run Hayden-Harnett for Target Flight tote...
1950s The bright hues favored by movie stars like Ava Gardner, above, and Marilyn Monroe sparked a fashion trend...