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...Journal of Personality and Social Psychology paper, David Matsumoto of San Francisco State University and Bob Willingham of the Center for Psychological Studies in Berkeley, Calif., present the results of the first study ever conducted comparing the facial expressions of blind people with those of sighted people in a natural, nonlaboratory setting. Those studied were all judo athletes - blind ones who competed in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens and sighted ones who competed in the 2004 Olympics in the same competition hall a few weeks earlier. (See pictures of "Second Place: Faces of Defeat...
...with millions of local projects requiring little or no government planning. Moreover, by choosing a relatively low-tech policy that the world could readily copy, we would at last become leaders in climate protection--and in rejecting the needless and dangerous expansion of nuclear power. Egan O'Connor, SAN FRANCISCO...
Another underutilized energy-efficiency tip: for new construction, simply orienting buildings correctly and optimizing window locations can cut energy use by a quarter or more. These are savings from Day One--and at no extra cost. Dave Deppen, SAN RAFAEL, CALIF...
...care what others thought of them. So I didn't care anymore. But now I do because I believe Obama listens and understands and has his heart in the right place. It's a gift, Mr. President. Thank you for restoring my faith in my country. Raul Garza Jr., San Antonio...
...know that the chances of a sale are slim. "I'd say infinitesimal," says Bill Virgin, one of the paper's business columnists. "It was only the third most significant regional economic news I wrote about that day." Given that such metropolitan papers as the Rocky Mountain News, the San Diego Union Tribune and the Austin American Statesman have not exactly been fending off eager buyers since being put up for sale last year, and given that the P-I lost $14 million last year, it looks unlikely that the publication will last past March, at least as a full...