ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Some of the ideas and research reported here were developed with much-
appreciated support from the Stiftelsen Carpe Vitam Foundation and the
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The positions taken by
the authors are of course not necessarily those of the foundations. We also
thank our principal colleagues and coresearchers in this endeavor Angela
Bermúdez, Lotta Norell, Patricia Palmer, Ylva Telegin, and Shari Tishman.
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