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Take the simple act of eating a potato chip. In a series of experiments, Gilbert invited Harvard undergraduates to a lab stocked with potato chips, along with either sardines or chocolate. To compare expected versus actual enjoyment of the experience, one group of students was asked to predict how much they would enjoy the chips compared to the relatively better food (chocolate) or the worse food (sardines); this forecasting group was asked to imagine eating the chips before, after or instead of the alternatives. Students in another "experience" group were instructed to eat the chips and the other foods. Turns...
...Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association, making the climb out of ninth place a tough one. “We’re racing in the most difficult league in the country,” Alpine coach Tim Mitchell said. “Whoever wins the EISA is generally either first or second in the nation. It’s far deeper than any other sport that Harvard competes in terms of the strength of the league. It would be like Harvard football competing against Michigan and Notre Dame.” “We’re closing...
...brief reporters at the Prime Minister's monthly press conference Monday, Darling looked like a man positioned to take the heat off Brown. That, and the embarrassment that firing a close ally would cause to the Prime Minister, may be enough to keep Darling at the Treasury for now. Either way, he better hope spring brings a more pleasant outlook...
...general. The National Opinion Research Center in Chicago, which has been surveying liberal and conservative attitudes since 1972, reports that the dominant social views in America are still liberal, but not so solidly as they once were. Tom W Smith of N.O.R.C. writes that in most categories, liberal sentiments "either leveled off or slowed their rate of increase around 1973-75. Instead of a conservative tide, the period since about 1973 can be better described as a liberal plateau...
...breed, compared to as little as $50 for a standard cow. And cloned-animal products will predominantly come from the offspring of clones, which will be sexually reproduced, not from the clones themselves. Once cloned animals have run their course as breeders, says Walton, "They're either becoming commingled as burgers, or they're headed off to dog food...