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...know this now not because I am so wise in the ways of matrimony but because I've been talking to Norman Epstein, a researcher at the University of Maryland who surveyed more than 1,000 married couples to try to understand why they fight. "Something trivial will set off a couple," he explains. "But underlying the fight is a more basic issue: whether the spouses hold the same standards for the relationship...
...collecting race cars or women." Still, the absurdity of his passion hasn't escaped him: "At times I've had an out-of-body experience: I've seen this grown man trading pins on the ground like a kid, and thought, I'm much too serious for anything so trivial." And yet he keeps coming back to score more Olympic pins, the collectibles that started as cardboard identity discs at the first modern Games, in Athens in 1896. For Braun, collecting is a way to make friends, a hobby that crosses social and cultural boundaries. In 1988, on the streets...
...fear of reducing his effectiveness as a consumer advocate. In fact, he was thought of as somewhat apolitical, and the very notion of consumer advocacy was regarded by many on the left (and there were indeed many on the left back then) as an antipolitical elevation of trivial, bourgeois concerns. Seat belts? C'mon, there's a war going...
...structured, but you can expect a more focused perspective this time around. See, over the summer, I've developed a bit of a life philosophy, one that's made me a better person and never fails to provide moral guidance. In the face of even the most trivial obstacles (what should I wear?) or the strongest adversity (what should I wear tomorrow?), one question continues to light my path: "What Would Harry Potter...
...Although trivial in the end, the outburst was a setback in Bush's wooing of the press. He routinely comes to the back of the plane to pinch cheeks and hand out nicknames. He asks about the budding romances of the reporters on board; his favorite scribes get their bald heads palmed. The care and feeding is four star. The last time I was on the plane, I had six meals--one featured lobster--over the course of three events, an excellent ratio. Sleep was plentiful, thanks to Bush's light schedule, which protects his naps, nights and weekends...