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People who blinked harder than others and registered a heightened response to threat on the conductivity test tended to support the death penalty and military spending. People with a mellower startle response were more likely to support abortion rights and gun control. The study also looked at several broader political tendencies, including compromise (the willingness to yield to a middle-ground solution) and obedience (the tendency to follow a set path), and found that people who were more sensitive to threat were less amenable to the former and more inclined toward the latter...
...more fun to listen to. “Stay Positive” may not be The Hold Steady’s smartest or most unique album, but it showcases a band that is continually evolving in several directions. The slower songs are more serious and sinister, but the faster, harder pop songs are surely the album’s strong points. These songs are catchy enough to stick in your head from the first time you hear them until the next time you hear the band on the radio, and judging by the growing popularity of first single...
...Arab banks are finding it harder to provide financing on their own for the often wildly ambitious real estate and development projects that had become commonplace in the region. "Every day you could open the newspaper and read about new mega-projects worth billions of dollars," says Nazem Al Kudsi, the chief executive officer for Abu Dhabi Investment Co., which is part of a sovereign wealth fund that recently bought New York's Chrysler building. "Today, there are not as many projects in the system...
...recognized the shift early and focused its energy on blocking Democratic attempts to placate gas-pump shock through legislation that did not include expanded drilling. The more the Democrats tried, the harder the Republicans hit back. The GOP liked the issue so much that Republicans even stayed on Capitol Hill for part of the August recess demanding a vote on drilling...
...embassy raid is a sign that Yemen's war against jihadists is far from over. "It's like those scary movies when you kill one [monster] and it makes two more," says the TIME source. "It means we have to work harder, hit harder, be more alert, and hopefully we'll get rid of them." Some Yemeni officials privately criticize the Bush Administration for demanding better results while withholding substantial aid that could help the impoverished country be more effective in the fight. "The U.S. should provide more assistance, more equipment, more training," a former senior government official tells TIME...