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...Elena L. Grigorenko and Donna Lockery’s contribution, the smart-stupid relevance is haphazardly tacked on to the introduction and conclusion, but remains entirely absent from the interceding paragraphs. Similarly, Elizabeth J. Austin and Ian J. Dreary’s “Personality Dispositions” is an approachable survey of personality types, but the relevance of those categories to intelligence is a poorly rendered afterthought...
...close-minded views of state governments, absent any real scientific merit, should not be allowed to stifle romance between consenting adults. Congress must protect these rights by passing legislation that would protect first cousin marriages in all states. It is highly hypocritical for the government to deny marriage to these couples when they allow those with even more easily transferable conditions to marry. A child whose parents each have a single gene for a recessive disease such as sickle cell anemia or cystic fibrosis has a 25 percent chance of actually contracting the disease, yet the government does not restrict...
...Winter’s Tale, describes Antigonus’ departure as “Exit, pursued by a bear.” The Adams House Drama Society’s production of the play manages an exit and a roar, yet fails to conjure up a bear. The absent ursine, though, is the only aspect of the magical romance the company couldn’t recreate...
...small surprise that service is not Cambridge, 1’s real calling card. Our waiter was nice, but pretty much in the same way as some kid who knows he is cooler than you, but still doesn’t mind hanging out. He was often absent and most likely did have much better things to do than help us navigate a 14-item menu (15 if you count the one dessert, tiramisu ice cream from Toscanini?...
Although expansion will not proceed as it has over the past decade, Hogan says that “even absent a budget deficit problem I would not have expected the growth to continue...