A hazard of good fortunes: America is in the best shape it has ever been. So why all the grousing?
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Technology has improved social conditions over the years, but fewer people are able to appreciate the advances because their perceptions of what life should be like grow faster than the advances. People will find things to complain about despite evidence of good times because it is in their nature to complain.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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A Finney thing happened on the way from the Lyceum: finally, a sequel to Time and Again
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Finney's popular novel about a man who went back in time is being adapted for the screen by Robert Redford. The sequel, which Finney has just published, propels the same protagonist forward to 1912. Readers are advised to read the first book first.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1995
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