Word: commonality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week, however, the dead Norwegians made the evening news. What all of them had in common, in addition to sickly hearts and premature deaths, was elevated levels of an amino acid called homocysteine. The patients were part of a study, published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, that shows an almost lockstep correlation between high homocysteine levels and coronary-disease mortality. And that paper follows more than 50 less publicized studies since 1992 suggesting similar connections...
...some aspect of their theology. The absence of original sin might be seen as allowing them to move confidently and guiltlessly forward. But it seems more likely that both Mormonism's attractiveness to converts and its fiscal triumphs owe more to what Hinckley terms "sociability," an intensity of common purpose (and, some would add, adherence to authority) uncommon in the non-Mormon business or religious worlds. There is no other major American denomination that officially assigns two congregation members in good standing, as Mormonism does, to visit every household in their flock monthly. Perhaps in consequence, no other denomination...
...from Princeton you're working for your congressional representative and you get, "Oh, cool. That must be so much fun." Introduce yourself as a White House intern, and you'll provoke an involuntary "Wow!" from your conversation partner. Even well-known non-profits and interest groups, like Common Cause or the AFL-CIO, will impress people. But say you're from the Center for Democracy and Technology (an Internet civil-liberties group) or some other small lobbying organization, and you might as well have introduced yourself at a Head of the Charles party as somebody's friend from Arizona State...
...maid sisters who lived in an unpainted house and produced elegant wallpaper designs. More than 40 years ago, after a boyhood spent in a small Kansas town, I took this trip, and I was not surprised to find that America had a warm heart and lots of common sense. It is still true today, and your Highway 50 caravan proves it. CLYDE HOSTETTER San Luis Obispo, Calif...
...corporate raider in the '80s, acquiring high-profile targets. A legendary gambler, his business motto was "If you can see a bandwagon, it's too late to get on it." Late in life he started one of his own, founding Britain's Referendum Party, which opposed the European common currency. His warm and very extended family included his third wife, who lives in London, and his second wife, his mistress and their families, who share a home in Paris...