1. Distracting yourself by dedicating time to work, study or hobbies. Drawing or painting is particularly absorbing. It doesn’t matter if the result is lousy. Singing in an amateur choir can be fun, and it doesn’t matter if your voice is a bit weak or you can’t read music. 2. Joining a social club, but …
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To the White House: Mr. President, Over the last week or two the nation has been more divided than I have seen it in my lifetime. While I am honored to have been chosen by you for a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court, and to have had the heartening support of the Republican members …
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In February 2018 The BBC Loneliness Experiment was launched on BBC Radio 4 in collaboration with the Wellcome Foundation. People from 237 different countries, islands and territories took part in the survey. A summary of the main findings: Loneliness is said to mainly strike older, isolated people – and of course it can, and does. …
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The Tune The Tune, just like it’s friend, the Rhyme, Has had its era and its time. Rodgers, Hart and Hammerstein Now seem as quaint as Auld Lang Syne. And big bands that were once the rage, Are relics of a bygone age. A booming sound in deep bass clef Now satisfies the future deaf. …
On April 24th the New York Times reported that Mick Mulvaney – then interim head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said the following to a group of bankers: “We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress. If you’re a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you’re a …
