Word: alpha
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Diamond lovers may benefit from liquidation sales at Alpha Omega Jewelers, but for some Cambridge natives, the prospect of cheap jewelry doesn’t dispel concerns about the effects that the store’s bankruptcy—and likely disappearance—will have on the character of Harvard Square...
...music from Daisy's playlist, what books Mel is reading, what movies made the top of James's list - whether I've requested it or not. Perhaps the nature of the pure search will evolve this way too. Perhaps Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, is onto something with the alpha release of his new Wikia search engine (currently the 400th most visited engine in the Hitwise directory of search engines in the U.S.), which combines the push of social networks with the pull of information search by allowing users to edit and monitor search results Wikipedia-style...
...failure. Yet gay men face two specific challenges: homophobia, both internal and external, and the simple fact that two men are romantically involved. Young males are shaped by biology and culture to be strong, decisive and uncompromising?leaders, not followers. Homophobia is an enormous obstacle, but it is the alpha-male factor that ultimately dooms all but the heartiest gay unions. David Ezell, NEW YORK CITY...
...That seems obvious, but few churches take the time to point and shoot. So insurers and investigators must find other ways to keep track of religious paintings and icons. Ecclesiastical Insurance, a company based in Gloucester, England, that insures 97% of the churches in the U.K., has given free Alpha-Dot kits to all its customers. Stuck on the frame of a painting or at the base of a statue, the tiny dots are almost invisible to the naked eye and each is imprinted with a unique number linking the artwork with its church. Meanwhile, Interpol recently proposed a scheme...
Without naming names, I believe that most of them would be playing the game. What motivates most politicians, especially those running for President, is closer to your classic will-to-power than to a deep desire to reform the health-care system. Alpha males are alpha males (and alpha females, ditto): it's true among apes, and it's true among humans. This doesn't make them bad people. It makes them people. It also doesn't make democracy a farce; there will always be more than enough alpha types to go around, and our right to choose among them...