Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Versatile as she is, Bijoux has a personality as distinct and as difficult as Tallulah Bankhead's. Charm is decidedly not her main attraction. She has been afflicted with flatulence, for example, which bothers everybody but her, and when she nips at Ritter's hand, she is not necessarily acting...
...great psychological truths does not mean abandoning the praiseworthy attempt to predict presidential performance. But there are methods other than pop psychology for judging would-be leaders; they may not be as flashy, but they are more easily measured and assessed. Each candidate brings to the campaign a distinct management style that serves as a rough approximation of how he might react to the burdens of the presidency. The following questions may not be worthy of Oprah Winfrey, but they serve as a useful shorthand for sorting out the claims of the contenders...
...uncertain market for untested toys has left retailers confused and cautious. "It's not one of the best Christmases in the world," laments Spenser Boise, a Mattel spokesman. "There has been a distinct reluctance on ( the part of the trade to take on inventory. They're afraid they are going to get stuck with it." In anticipation of slow sales, many firms have started discounting new toys, even though the Christmas buying season is barely under...
...extensive welfare system keeps thorough records on each citizen, Bohman was able to compile detailed sketches of 1,775 adopted men and women, more than a third of whom had an alcoholic biological parent. As Cloninger studied the health, insurance, work and police records of his subjects, two distinct categories seemed to emerge -- and with them new evidence that alcoholism may have more than one form...
...experiment was designed to show the differing effects of two distinct types of cholesterol: low-density lipoproteins, or LDLs, and a variant known as high-density lipoproteins, or HDLs. LDLs are the villains of cardiology: these complex molecules ferry cholesterol through the blood vessels, allowing life-threatening deposits to accumulate within artery walls. Each 1% decrease in LDL levels lowers the risk of heart disease 2%. The "good" HDLs work as garbage trucks, sopping up excess cholesterol and inhibiting arterial deposits. Basically, these two substances make up the total human blood- cholesterol level, an indicator that signals vulnerability to coronary...