One sunny afternoon my entire inventory was bought out by a single customer: Cher.

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On my first and only sunny afternoon in Portugal, it was incredibly refreshing.

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In my book "Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain, " I discuss how genes and environments work together to influence how emotional circuits develop.

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The next morning I drove my sister home to New Jersey on another brilliantly sunny day, using the Tappan Zee Bridge.

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Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the PlanOn a sunny day a few years ago, my husband, Greg, and I were wandering the streets of the Gold Souk in the old part of Dubai.

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When I arrived for my interview with Abol Fotoh on a mild, sunny day in January 2007 at a grand building housing the Arab Medical Union just off a busy Cairo street, I was ushered into a patients' waiting room.

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When this freaks out visitors to my office, I smile and take them to a sunny corner of our building.

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But none of this was actually in my mind as I walked down the middle of Fifth Avenue that sunny Tuesday afternoon.

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Fortunately for me and my great staff, our research efforts were bolstered by relatively balmy weather conditions (mid to high 40s and sunny) on Saturday and Super Bowl Sunday.

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