Word: bents
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...though anthropologists of even the most humanist bent can't afford to ignore the precipitous pace of discovery among geneticists, neither can any search for an integrated picture of the past rely on molecular anthropology alone. "Genetics tells us about the travels of human genes - the boy-meets-girl of the story," says Marek Zvelebil, an archaeologist at the University of Sheffield. "But gene exchange is different from language or cultural exchange. Who are we in the long term? There are at least three identities - genetic, linguistic and cultural - and we're all a mix of these...
...childless Baker and his Wife, who must obtain four items to reverse a curse set upon them by the Witch. Along the way, they meet Cinderella, Jack (as in “and the Beanstalk”), Little Red Riding Hood and a whole host of characters, each bent on obtaining his or her own particular desire. The first act ends brightly, with the characters obtaining their goals and settling down to live “happily ever after.” The second act of the musical, however, brings a palpable change in mood. An avenging giant appears...
...Until a few years ago, I might have agreed with the theory of a Court bent on restricting Fourth Amendment rights," Bloom told TIME.com Tuesday. "But over the last couple of years, there have been some inconsistencies in this Court's rulings on search-and-seizure cases. And so it's hard to draw any conclusions about this Court's attitude toward Fourth Amendment protections. In this case, they ruled the arrest was reasonable, that the police had probable cause to pull the car over...
...Once the generals had Jiang's ear, though, they bent it hard. It's significant that after keeping mum for two days, Jiang opened with a demand to end surveillance flights; only a day later did he call for an apology. "Ending spy flights is what the military wants, so Jiang demanded it first," explains a former editor for the Communist Party's mouthpiece, the People's Daily...
Once the generals had Jiang's ear, though, they bent it hard. It's significant that after keeping mum for two days, Jiang opened with a demand to end surveillance flights; only a day later did he call for an apology. "Ending spy flights is what the military wants, so Jiang demanded it first," explains a former editor for the Communist Party's mouthpiece, the People's Daily...