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...that can be pinned down as the root cause of unhappiness. It's not anxiety from the kids, for starters. Even among the childless, those in midlife reported lower life satisfaction than the young or old, says study co-author Andrew Oswald, an economics professor at the University of Warwick in Britain. Other things that didn't alter the happiness curve: income, marital status or education. "You can adjust for 100 things and it doesn't go away," Oswald says. He and co-author David Blanchflower, an economist at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, also adjusted their results for cohort...
...long does it take you to recover from a tough loss like this year's Wimbledon final? -Ellen Polo, Warwick, R.I. I give 100% on the court, so I do get upset when I lose. But it doesn't take me much time to recover. The first hours after the match are tough. After a while I forget, and I look forward to the next days back home in Mallorca. I love fishing and golfing there, for example-just being with my old friends. I'm a good loser...
...late '60s, Broadway-musical actress-dancer-singer Gretchen Wyler visited her local dog pound in Warwick, N.Y. Wyler (whose shows included the original Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie and Damn Yankees) immediately redirected her energies to animal-rights activism. She launched the Genesis Awards, which since 1986 have annually honored such media and entertainment figures as Paul McCartney for tackling animal-protection issues, and in the '90s merged her action group, Ark Trust, with the U.S. Humane Society...
...Marcelle Shriver c/o St. Luke's Church 55 Warwick Rd. Stratford...
...Proposals banning banks and credit card companies from processing online gaming payments won backing in the House last week, but Senate passage is far from certain. Ahead of a Senate vote, authorities are "trying to build up a head of steam against the industry," says Warwick Bartlett, head of the U.K.-based Global Betting and Gaming Consultants. He credits the Justice Department with good p.r. Following the indictments, "the average person in the U.S. will think something needs to be done" about online gaming...