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...Bella in Twilight observes Edward’s inhuman characteristics??his lack of appetite, ability to save her from a swerving car, and stunning physical appearance—and concludes that he is a vampire. The Belle in Nightlight observes similar “inhuman” traits in Edwart and decides that he’s a vampire after he saves her from a snowball and (gasp!) does not finish his tater tots in the cafeteria...
...representative of Harvard’s graduate students, Harvard Graduate Council (HGC) Vice President of External Relations Jordan P. Amadio wrote in an e-mail that Faust “shares many of the characteristics??such as a proven leadership record and a commitment to public engagement—that we suggested to the search committee in our position paper...
Holton and others in the academy say that so long as cultural characteristics??including an environment that fosters cutthroat competition, a teaching methodology that focuses more on technique than on applications and the simple lack of women itself—persist, women will never feel truly at home in the natural sciences...
...acknowledge that an embryo is technically a human being. But merely being human, they argue, is not enough to make one a “person,” and not enough to guarantee one legal protection under our constitutional order. Rather, only a human being with certain characteristics??say, self-awareness or the ability to reason—can be legitimately afforded the protection of the laws. And since an embryo is clearly not self-aware (or whatever standard you prefer), it fails the test of personhood and can be killed with impunity...
Couch are German, and they play rock music, and they don’t sing. This is not an altogether surprising combination of characteristics??Germany, after all, has a long and proud tradition of instrumental rock acts dating back to Can and Neu (and earlier, you could always argue, to Stockhausen, etc.). The instrumental rock genre itself, if there is one, has seen a recent renaissance with bands like Man or Astroman?, Don Caballero, Mogwai, and Trans Am. Couch fits right in. (Note: I don’t know no German, so I let the often hilariously inaccurate...