These findings would not have surprised Charles Darwin, who in addition to theorizing on evolution in The Origin of the Species, also developed the Facial Feedback Response Theory, which suggests that the act of smiling actually makes us feel better (rather than smiling being merely a result of feeling good).

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This voice also believes that an investment in a liberal arts education should lead young people by a smiling boss into a cozy office (or a flexible work-from-home schedule), where they essentially get paid to craft spreadsheets and share snarky videos on Facebook.

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We follow the aging of the Carati parents and the progress of their four children above all, of Nicola (Luigi Lo Cascio), smiling and slightly guarded, who grows up to be a psychologist, and of his handsome brother Matteo (Alessio Boni), whose rage for order finds him joining the police.

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Gordigiani's beautiful "Portrait of the Marchesa Maria Luisa Ginora Lisci" (1884) shows the aristocratic Florentine in the couture finery and fake ringlets for which she was famous, and his smiling daughter "Giulietta as a Young Girl" (circa 1887) is a beguiling charmer.

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Ms. FRANKLIN: (Singing) You can lie to a child with a smiling face.

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Their rough-hewn prototype sits in a small room at Trust Automation's headquarters in San Luis Obispo, California, using a water-filled vitamin bottle as a shock absorber. ("It runs like a Corvette on a Pinto engine, " Safreno says, smiling.) The ratty demo reel first shows a 22-second clip of an actor walking on a grassy lawn, past a blurred van, squirting water with a hose, at 24 fps.

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