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When people have a willpower failure, it's because they haven't anticipated a situation that's going to come along.
For years, agency officials said that atrazine in drinking water posed almost no risk to humans or the environment.
Even if consumer confidence hit rock bottom, that most likely would not be enough, by itself, to cause a depression.
Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
Equipment sellers can pocket more than $2,500 every time they send a powered wheelchair to a patient and bill Medicare.
I think I'm smart, and I know I was a good mom. But there wasn't a lot I could point to and say, that's why I'm special.
In surveys, many borrowers say reverse mortgages have improved their lives and provided money they needed for retirement.
Actually, attorneys say, copying a purchased CD for even one friend violates the federal copyright code most of the time.
What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.
Foxconn is hugely important, not only in China - it's the largest employer in China - Foxconn is important around the world.
In California, up to 15 percent of wells in agricultural areas exceed a federal contaminant threshold, according to studies.
Millions of people with respiratory diseases have relied on oxygen equipment, delivered to their homes, to help them breathe.
Older consumers don't want to be treated like teenagers; what's more, they don't want to believe they fall into any niche at all.
There are systems called zero discharge emission systems that would prevent any pollution from making it into the water or the air.
The cooperation of NASCAR - or any other system, it turns out - persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.
Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re not. They’re habits.
Patents are being used to wage war in the digital world, and as a result, patents have become a toll gate on the road of innovation.
Someone once described Ken Lewis to me as the most competitive person in the history of the United States, including the Union Army.
The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know, coal is a relatively dirty mineral.
Conditions in Chinese factories are harsh. They're much harsher than they are in, for instance, the United States or any Western nation.
America has always had an apocalyptic strain. Yet it also seems to believe that if, or when, The End comes, it will still come out on top.
People who start habitually exercising tend on average to eat better. They also tend to use their credit cards less and procrastinate less.
Bromates are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, but officials are required to test for them only when water leaves a treatment plant.
Barium, which is commonly found in power plant waste and scrubber wastewater, has been linked to heart problems and diseases in other organs.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy mortgages from banks and other lenders, providing those financial institutions with capital to make new loans.
Charles Wyly was born Oct 13, 1933, in Lake Providence, La., and for a period lived with his family in a shack without electricity or plumbing.
It is almost always a bad idea to use a reverse mortgage to pay for a vacation or to buy a risky investment, like stocks or deferred annuities.
As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals.
There's a natural instinct embedded in friendship, a sympathy that makes us willing to fight for someone we like when they are treated unjustly.
You're much better off creating positive rewards, complimenting people for acting correctly, rather than punishing them when they act incorrectly.
If you want to do something that requires willpower - like going for a run after work - you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.
Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.
Making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget.
As cities have grown rapidly across the nation, many have neglected infrastructure projects and paved over green spaces that once absorbed rainwater.
Atrazine - a herbicide often used on corn fields, golf courses and even lawns - has become one of the most common contaminants in American drinking water.
When most individuals or most companies are talking about trying to create healthy habits, the key is to identify which habit or habits seem most important.
Entrepreneurs do not try and create new types of smartphone technologies now because they know it's pointless: They're going to get sued almost immediately.
Public employee unions are hardly the only group involved in bare-knuckles politics. Businesses lobby fiercely, and executives make hefty campaign donations.
Because the fees associated with a reverse mortgage are high, such loans make sense only for borrowers who expect to live in their home for a number of years.
Unlike other sports, which are largely determined by individual athletic ability or team strength, NASCAR requires its competitors to cooperate in order to win.
In general, insurers say criticisms of claims-handling are unfair because most policyholders are paid promptly, and some denials are necessary to root out fraud.
For most of Wall Street's history, stock trading was fairly straightforward: buyers and sellers gathered on exchange floors and dickered until they struck a deal.
Analysts say that one reason Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were privatized in the first place was to prevent political whims from dominating the mortgage marketplace.
Candy bar companies, through commercials, have tied their products to low-energy cues, transforming what was once a dessert into a pick-me-up for cubicle dwellers.
After World War I, while France and other Allies were building military defenses modeled on trench warfare, German commanders were shaping a nimble fighting force.
Your brain will eventually enjoy exercise for exercise sake, right; endorphins and endocannabinoids will create a sense of reward, but it doesn't know that at first.
Vast databases of names and personal information, sold to thieves by large publicly traded companies, have put almost anyone within reach of fraudulent telemarketers.
Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.
It's an open secret that if a debtor is willing to wait long enough, he can probably get away with paying almost nothing, as long as he doesn't mind hurting his credit score.
The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no one followed their orders.