Albertson Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Puget Sound in Washington State and author of The Wine Economist blog, a few questions about the wine world in general.

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In the mid-1970s, Louise Bundy was a married mother of five working as a secretary at the University of Puget Sound when authorities across the nation began to accuse her eldest son in a series of gruesome killings.

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Mixed-weight couples, where one partner is overweight and the other one isn't, have more relationship conflict, including arguments and feelings of anger and resentfulness, than same-weight couples, according to a study by researchers at the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Wash.

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"That is significant because even though they are at risk for more conflict, there are communication mechanisms that can reduce this, " says Tricia Burke, the study's lead author and visiting assistant professor in the communication studies department at the University of Puget Sound.

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