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...considering the economic crisis, Nevins suggets that the very equanimity achieved through prayer may actually help solve the concrete problem. He says that prayer-induced calm could affect the economic spiral in a way similar to the case of a serious illness in which a miracle cure may not be in the offing, but "doctors have observed that people who have hope are able to have a better quality of life and better outcome in their healing." Says Nevins: "If people stampede and panic and liquidate their assets, then we'll all be in worse shape. So maintaining some perspective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is It OK to Pray for Your 401(k)? | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...Retin-A right now and I do think that works. The other creams might actually reduce your wrinkles the tiniest bit because some of them make claims that they do. The problem is, nobody is examining your face as closely as you do. What I learned after a year - this is really to me the take-home message - is that there's good news and bad news. The bad news is that it's very difficult, if not impossible, to look younger. But the good news is that it's possible and actually relatively easy and inexpensive to appear more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beth Teitell: On Not Looking Old | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

Certainly, the development of the victimized child needs more study, but the new paper offers some guidance for where to begin. Patterns of victimization begin as soon as children begin to interact socially, Boivin says, and parents and caregivers need to be alerted to the problem in the earliest years. "The message is that this ... is not unique to school-age children," Boivin says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Bullying? | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...University), and most recently El Paso, Colo. (Colorado College), issued warnings that were off-putting if not outright alarming: students who register in their college town could be ineligible to be claimed as dependents on their parents' tax returns and might be in danger of losing tuition scholarships. The problem, according to youth-voter advocates and the IRS, was that these dire warnings were incorrect. After widespread outrage, the registrars backed off. But experts worry that the resulting confusion could sour first timers on voting altogether. "It's creating somewhat of a chilling effect," says Steve Fenberg, executive director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Students Still Face Voting Stumbling Blocks | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

Need to start a war? No problem. While stock markets gyrate and financial institutions (and even whole countries, like Iceland) teeter on bankruptcy, one global industry is still drawing plenty of high-end trades and profits: weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Arms Trade Booms Amid Global Economic Woes | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

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