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Are We Addicted to Negative Words?
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, has lectured throughout this country on the powerful, often negative impact of words. ...
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Research Shows the Limits of Mere Willpower
Do you think you can handle temptation on just the strength of your own will-power? If so, you're probably setting yourself up for a crash. That's ...
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Film 42 Shows Jackie Robinson's Christlike Strength
In the movie 42, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. Rickey recruits Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman), ...
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Comparing Our Bodies to an Amusement Park Ride
The Week magazine runs a column called "What's Next?," a regular contest based on current events. In a recent issue they asked readers to ...
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Journalist Discovers the Ugliness of Lust
For most of his career as a British journalist, Malcolm Muggeridge was a quarrelsome writer known for heavy drinking and smoking, womanizing, and espousing ...
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Researchers Develop Faster Ketchup Flow
An article in Time.com noted that ketchup flows out of a glass bottle at a rate of .028 miles per hour. That's slower than a Galapagos tortoise, which, ...
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The Credit Card—One of History's Most Influential Objects
Neil MacGregor's book the History of the World in 100 Objects chronicles the things that have had the greatest impact on human history. (The items ...
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'Fast Food Culture' Promotes Impatience
In 1960 McDonald's operated 200 restaurants. By 2024 they had 41,822 restaurants. BY 2027 they plan to add another 9,000 locations. In 2024 there ...
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Customers Risk Their Lives to Eat a 10,000 Calorie Burger
Consider the foolhardy risk takers at the famous Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. This restaurant, known for its "flatliner fries" cooked in ...
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Husband Discovers How His Wife Handled Their Conflicts
There was once a couple who had been married for 60 years. Throughout their life they had shared everything. They loved each other deeply. They had not ...
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