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...authors think the same phenomenon may hold true for humans: early on, we learn to sense how calorie-packed a food is?by its sweetness and viscosity, for example?which automatically keeps us from overindulging. But eating unnaturally sweetened, low-calorie foods may throw our instinct out of whack...
...diverged, says there are hundreds of pairs a day that present opportunity. To keep it simple, he says, stick with pairs of big stocks in the same industry and pairs with similar long-term trading histories. Put them on your screen and wait for them to get out of whack--either when they go in opposite directions or when one severely lags the other for at least three days in a row. Unwind the trade if the divergence persists and your losses reach 3% or after the stocks are back in synch and you have a gain--typically of about...
...appeal to Carnarvon, too." When they open the paper tomorrow, the residents of neither place will sense the skilled flurry that produced it. Words are moving at high speed among the subs now. Stutchbury and Mitchell have left; barring any major changes, it's now the backbench's call. "Whack it through, mate," shouts Dore. Just before second deadline he notices a name spelled inconsistently in a story. "Sorry to wake you," he says to the reporter he's rung at 11 p.m. As final deadline advances, the newsroom is all silent concentration. Cleaners come and go. While the third...
...authors think the same phenomenon may hold true for humans: early on, we learn to sense how calorie-packed a food is--by its sweetness and viscosity, for example--which automatically keeps us from overindulging. But eating unnaturally sweetened, low-calorie foods may throw our instinct out of whack...
...range you're willing to consider--some younger men love older women. Have a friend help you write your profile and pick your picture. Beware: online descriptions are often inflated, and some men set arbitrary age limits that become irrelevant once you meet. Some women feel compelled to whack a few years off their age just to get past those filters--a practicality that can be dicey. My suggestion: go ahead, but be sure to let the man know as soon as you meet him--and let him know...