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...Another interesting trend that emerged from Tindle's analysis was the difference in longevity between white and black women. Pessimistic black women in the study were 33% more likely to have died after eight years than optimistic black women, while white pessimists were only 13% more likely to have succumbed than their optimistic counterparts. The numbers in the study weren't large enough to support any definitive explanations for this racial gap, but "there is definitely a suggestion that whites and blacks may be different in how optimism affects longevity," says Tindle...
...trend is particularly disturbing because of its implications for foreclosures. As house prices continue to decline and more people find themselves paying mortgages above the value of their properties, the risk increases that they'll start walking away in droves. But "you have to be very careful in jumping to conclusions," says First American chief economist Mark Fleming. "Just because your house is worth less than your outstanding mortgage doesn't mean you're going to go into foreclosure or anything like that." Even for people awash in debt, homes are still places to live. If prices are given enough...
...Another trend: a creeping problem in the Midwest. It's true that property markets never went wild in Des Moines, Iowa, or Omaha, Neb., the way they did in Merced, Calif., and Fort Myers, Fla., but this means even modest declines in home values can erase equity, especially for recent buyers who have less of a cushion against falling prices. In Iowa, 18.6% of homeowners have negative equity; in Nebraska the figure is 16.6% (both jumped more than three percentage points from September). (See pictures of struggling Cleveland...
...town guest got a taste of Harvard life atop the bar. But the sweetness was short-lived as he soon found himself locked in the bathroom (while in the buff) of one female undergrad. Luckily, mommy and daddy were more than willing to save the day...New trend on campus—getting trashed with a certain Mr. Cheeks? Furry friends and Friday nights apparently mix well...One senior ’Poonster got intimate with the family Nanny on the dance floor before leaving for her place. Good help ain’t what it used...
...guess at,” Swanay says.This quantitative approach continues to gain popularity in fantasy circles, but it has also pervaded the thinking of front offices in professional baseball, along with other sports.More and more, general managers supplement the advice of scouts with computer-generated projections and analysis. The trend has sparked resistance from old-school hardliners who contend that the statistical approach takes away from the human side of sports.“That’s really the big thing that emerged in the past few years,” says Jason Rosenfeld, Co-President of the Harvard...