Word: trait
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...Wounds caused by damaged credibility, of course, are also hard to heal. "The problem with credibility," says Pew's Keeter, "Is that people think of it as a fundamental character trait. Some measure of lack of honesty is damaging because it leads to a broader generalization...
Sexiest physical trait: Hygiene...
...pale and thin, but also on the “double eyelid phenomenon.” The double eyelid, which varies in preponderance and degree in Asians, makes the eye appear larger; as a result, the demand for cosmetic surgery among Asians has increased in order to create the trait. Along with weight-related pressures generated by television, magazine, films, and other media outlets, Shauna L. Shames, a graduate student in government, described these stresses in body image to be part of a “constant cycle that makes sure you have to be unhappy about how you look...
...down in history for the relentless vulgarity of its questions, with the first 40 minutes focused exclusively on so-called character issues rather than policy. Obama was on the defensive from the start, but gradually the defensiveness morphed into bitter frustration. He kept his cool - a very presidential character trait - and allowed his disdain to show only when he was asked a question about his opponent's Bosnia gaffe. "Senator Clinton deserves the right to make some errors once in a while," he said. "What's important is to make sure that we don't get so obsessed with gaffes...
Sexiest physical trait: My scoliosis...