Previous research shows that when people are in a ruminating mode, they are more likely to be depressed, he said.

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The research of Verhaeghen and colleagues shows when people are in a reflective mode, they may become more creative, depressed, or both.

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Energy department officials have been using Sputnik to rally for more funding for clean energy research and development at a time when lawmakers are in the budget-cutting mode.

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To try to make up for the time lag, the two European companies have set up research offices in Japan and routinely conduct market surveys to understand what makes i-mode tick and, by extension, how consumers might react to high-speed Net access from their phones.

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