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...many in the placebo group, which led Fallon to take an even closer look. His conclusion: hypochondriacs may actually represent three different groups whose problems look superficially similar. Those in the first really do have a variant of OCD. Those in the second have a problem more like depression, often triggered by something that makes them feel guilty--an affair, perhaps--or by a loss, like the death of a close relative. And the third group consists of people who somatize--which means they focus an inordinate amount of attention on their bodies. A pain that most people wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Heal a Hypochondriac | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...During the late 1980s, historian Paul Kennedy popularized the notion of "imperial overstretch." It was a variant on Walter Lippmann's notion of "insolvency" in foreign policy, when a country's resources simply cannot underpin and sustain its ambitions. Some, like Kennedy, saw this happening to the U.S. in the 1980s. As a result, they predicted an "American decline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help Wanted | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

During the late 1980s, historian Paul Kennedy popularized the notion of "imperial overstretch." It was a variant on Walter Lippmann's notion of "insolvency" in foreign policy, when a country's resources simply cannot underpin and sustain its ambitions. Some, like Kennedy, saw this happening to the U.S. in the 1980s. As a result, they predicted an "American decline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help Wanted | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

...There’s no reason somebody can’t write a variant to this program that would steal your credit card numbers or other information that you have stored on your computer,” Davis said...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Windows Virus Hits Harvard Computers | 8/15/2003 | See Source »

...Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), a non-profit organization that works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine our gender identity and expression, regardless of income, and without facing harassment, discrimination or violence. SRLP advocates for the rights of transgender, transsexual, intersex and other gender variant people...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, | Title: Fake IDs for Social Justice | 8/1/2003 | See Source »

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