The obvious triggers of peaks and troughs in the happiness index may raise snickers, but to researchers they are reassuring and hold the promise of less obvious insights.
There was a lot of cranky philosophizing in the day's lyrics: from Modest Mouse, whose most perky, reassuring melodies hold tidings of degeneration and death, and from Built to Spill, whose songwriter and guitarist, Doug Martsch, orchestrates his self-doubts with guitar-hero buildups.
The starter kit on the Conversation Project Web site offers both reassuring hand-holding and concrete topics to tackle.
It is undeniable that most of us who are passionate about films wish to live in an alternate universe, where the darkness of a movie theater feels a lot like the inside of a world class airliner and those padded old seats take the place of reassuring arms holding us tenderly.
If Redstone can negotiate a delay of his debt deadlines and keep investors reassured by holding onto his stock, he could ride out the global recession essentially unscathed.
For me, it represents a constant, reassuring presence that holds my gaze whenever I look out upon its twin summits and the broad snow-covered ridge between.
Moreover, taking care of this aspect for your company or organization seamlessly is reassuring and prevents hold-ups in having to get writing from other departments checked or vetted through someone else.
Luckily, Simpson, himself showing no signs of retiring although five years Paxman's senior, was reassuring that things would hold together for at least the rest of Paxo's Newsnight contract, and they did.
With 7.8 ounces of heft to it, the S400 is easy to hold and reassuring in the hand.
To at least some degree, your first few years of medical training will involve putting plans on hold and reassuring friends and family that your absence is not an indicator of a willingness to pull away.
