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...dessert or resist the urge to buy that bauble you can't afford: self-control. That sounds simple, but self-control can be a slippery thing. A study in the current issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research sheds some light on why. According to the study's author, Roy Baumeister, a social psychologist at Florida State University, self-control is neither an acquired skill nor a logical cognitive process. Rather, he says, it's an exhaustible resource that operates like a well: it is emptied with use and refilled with rest. To test this theory, Baumeister gave subjects...
When the English language was planted in South Asia, who knew it would bloom with such fecundity? From the riots of Salman Rushdie to the florid sagas of Vikram Seth and the humid prose of Arundhati Roy, much of the best subcontinental writing has embraced a hothouse style, the kind of Victorian grandness long forgotten by the English themselves. When the empire wrote back, it was never at a loss for words...
...Harvard, the strongest event of the day was the 200-yard individual medley, in which co-captain Dan Shevchik captured first with his record time, followed by junior Rassan Grant and senior Mike Gentilucci, completing a Crimson sweep of the top three positions. Similarly, junior Enrique Roy and freshman Danil Rybalko closed out the top two slots on the one meter platform. Performing as strongly as expected, junior John Cole broke the 500-yard freestyle record, touching the wall nearly four seconds ahead of his nearest opponent...
Unlike fellow former British colonies India and Pakistan, Malaysia has yet to produce a Vikram Seth or an Arundhati Roy. There has been no writer of international stature, or even a literary canon?in Bahasa or English?that one could call Malaysian. The Rice Mother, a delicious fictional cocktail packed with Malaysian flavors, may finally put the country on the global publishing map. Plainly, debut novelist Rani Manicka has studied other Asia-themed best sellers such as Wild Swans and The Joy Luck Club to produce a family saga centered on the tempestuous relationships between mothers and their children...
...second meet in a row, the divers followed the swimmers’ lead, as junior Enrique Roy took first in both the 1- and 3-meter diving events, while freshman Danil Rybalko finished second and third in the two events, just edged out for second in the 3-meter competition...