Does it just seem like it, or do the famous get married--and divorced-- more often than the rest of us?

FORBES: The Liz Taylor Syndrome

Your book may have been purchased recently, but if books in the rest of the catalog have recently been purchased more often than yours, your rank may remain constant or might drop.

FORBES: The Amazon Book Jungle

Yet social issues, from health care to immigration, often divide the more tolerant techies from the rest.

ECONOMIST: A new Republican heartland

San Francisco often seems no more than a sideshow as far as the rest of the country is concerned, and its voting patterns rarely match those even of the rest of California.

ECONOMIST: The San Francisco mayor��s race

Although it is more nuanced, Britain often seems to be travelling in the opposite direction to the rest.

BBC: Britain lined up as Europe's fall guy

In fact, since defensive stocks and sectors are touted so heavily by Wall Street near market tops, driving their prices to more over-valued levels than other stocks, their subsequent declines often exceed the decline of the rest of the market.

FORBES: Don't Fall For False Security Of 'Defensive' Stocks