Word: odd
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Even when Brown of the characters in the book do express a decided opinion on an issue, it is not likely to be what you would expect. For example, Venus provides a rather odd rationale for having gays in the military: these are the people who are most expendable in a world "developed to protect the children." But Brown denied that she was depicting gay people as irrelevant to society. "Can you imagine what life would be like without gay people? There'd be no medicine, there'd be no arts, the school system would fall apart. It would...
...intellectual parents of managed competition: the idea of grouping consumers and doctors into huge pools that would bargain with insurers over premiums and coverage. It was a foregone conclusion that small insurance companies would object, fearing they might be driven out of business, and they do. The odd thing is that the handful of large companies -- Aetna, CIGNA, MetLife, Prudential and Travelers -- that broke away from an organization called the Health Insurance Industry of America to form the Alliance for Managed Competition are also gearing up to oppose what is supposed to be their handiwork. Their argument: Instead of trying...
...their attempt to locate the renegade gene, the scientists studied two families, one in North America and the other in New Zealand. In both cases, half of all adult family members had developed the disease. By comparing the DNA of the 40-odd family members who had tumors with the DNA of those who did not, the researchers hoped to detect a particular stretch of genes that could be linked to the disease. Such a unique pattern, called a genetic marker, would be a major step toward identifying the specific culprit gene. After discarding 344 potential markers, the scientists finally...
MONEY ANGLES: A risk-free 20% and other odd tales...
...comes up on you at odd times. I was in Montana, something I'd promised to do for a long time. I did not feel like going. I was so tired, drained, but I'm really glad I went, because the people were wonderful and a lot of them engaged me in talking about my father and were generally sympathetic. Today I feel pretty good. I feel we're back to settling in and trying to get rooted again...