Word: hybrids
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Altamira caves, which contain vivid paintings from Europe's early hunter- gatherers, leads Cavalli-Sforza to a tantalizing conclusion: "The Basques are extremely likely to be the most direct descendants of the Cro-Magnon people, among the first modern humans in Europe." All Europeans are thought to be a hybrid population, with 65% Asian and 35% African genes...
...that no one is paying enough attention to yet. Strategists who pride themselves on picking out the dark horses point to Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin, who is trying to rise to national prominence on the strength of his state's welfare experiments. Or Massachusetts Governor Weld, a political hybrid -- an economic conservative who is pro-choice and supports gay rights...
Michael Moore, the director of the film documentary Roger & Me, is a hybrid of two Ralphs -- Kramden and Nader. The son of an autoworker, he has the persona of a bumbling working guy; he is blessed with brilliant comic timing, and his waistline is Gleasonesque. At the same time, Moore was once the editor of a left-wing magazine, and he considers himself an activist sniffing out the hypocrisies of corporate America. The comedian and the reformer lurk within Moore, and just as he did with Roger & Me, he winningly manages to express both these sides of himself...
...Senate Labor and Human Resources and House Education and Labor bills cover prescription drugs. Senate Finance's provides home care for the disabled. The Dole plan, like the Clinton plan, requires that insurers offer at least 1 of 3 options: fee-for-service; a health-maintenance organization; or a hybrid of the two, known as a preferred provider plan. Dole's plan carries no drug benefits and makes no mention of abortion; his long-term-care expenses are tax deductible...
Cross this grade-madness with a vigorous species of Ivy-League megalomania and you get an ugly hybrid: the B+ blues...