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...frightened is called the amygdala. It's an ancient, almond-shaped mass of nuclei located deep within the brain's temporal lobes. The amygdala is designed to be wildly sensitive to certain things - for instance, anything uncontrollable and unfair (like a terrorist attack involving an airplane) - and remarkably forgiving toward other, far deadlier menaces that seem to be small in scale (car crashes) or involve less suffering (heart attacks...
...spirit of critique is so strong among those studying the U.S. that academics now sometimes refer to the subject as anti-American studies. Students often gravitate toward research areas like Native American history, where even the most pro-American teachers would be hard-pressed to praise historic government policies. When Grünzweig speaks with wary students, he tries to make it clear that they are entirely free to criticize the U.S. "Doctors don't like diseases," he says, "but they know it's important to deal with them...
...parts of Western Europe. "Any program has its peaks and troughs," says Heidi Macpherson, chair of the British Association for American Studies. The current trough in Britain, she argues, can be partially explained by confusion over what the degree entails, and the introduction of fees that have pushed students toward more vocational majors. Still, since 2000, the popularity of other disciplines such as Middle Eastern and Chinese studies has more than doubled in British universities, even as interest in the U.S. has faded. Says Tim Wright, president of the British Association for Chinese Studies: "Increasingly, people are realizing that...
...punished by up to six months in jail and a $500 fine, are a waste of state resources. According to a study by Harvard professor of economics Jeffrey A. Miron, the measure could save the state almost $30 million each year—money that could go toward reducing the budget deficit or toward improving our schools. This is also a victory for privacy. Keeping these charges from being permanently recorded in CORI will prevent youthful use of marijuana from coming back to haunt people later in life. Such violations have nothing to do with an individual?...
...parenthesis of somewhat cooler Washington-Rome relations, as center-left Prime Minister Romano Prodi, an opponent of Bush's Iraq policy, came to power in Italy. By the time Prodi's government collapsed and Berlusconi returned to power last spring, Bush was already registering dismal approval ratings, and heading toward the lower rungs in the historians' presidential ratings game...