But, for those of a nervous disposition, the tying of an ancient greenhouse warming to an ancient mass extinction might suggest lessons for the future.

ECONOMIST: A geological burp may have led to the dinosaurs�� domination

In the late 70s, one agent with abysmal self-esteem and a nervous disposition was told (falsely) by his case officer that his intel tidbits had been reported to the White House to rave reviews.

WSJ: The Spy Who Turned Me

It does not take an unduly nervous disposition to see how the battles between Indian troops and the Pakistani-backed militants still holding some mountain tops on India's side of Kashmir's dividing line might yet slip into full-blown war.

ECONOMIST: After Kashmir