Word: trait
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...polls appear to reflect a growing concern among voters: whether either candidate is capable of working with others, a trait seen as essential to being effective on Capitol Hill. Since his Senate run was first mooted, Democrats have painted Giuliani as a dictatorial mayor who may be able to keep crime rates low and the trains running on time, but who would be a disaster in any position that required teamwork. Meanwhile, in recent weeks the GOP has tried to paint the First Lady in a similar light. They point to the new book "The Case Against Hillary Clinton...
...Once he started making the film, DiCaprio spent hours reshooting scenes and redubbing voice-overs. "I would do a movie for a year if I could, and do as many takes as I can," he says. "I'm indecisive. It isn't my strongest character trait." Even the decision to star in Titanic took a long time. Baz Luhrmann, the director of Romeo + Juliet, finally convinced him that a big-budget film offered its own kind of acting risk. "The thing he hates most in life is making a decision," says Luhrmann. "It's a great pain...
...divide, but gender is another matter. Few men are comfortable calling themselves knitters. Nicole Smaglick, 27, a tour-company owner in Minnesota, reports that her attempts to interest her fiance in knitting have been fruitless. "I think it's the Y chromosome in him," she says. But that same trait may soon prompt men to reconsider. These days knitting is a great way to meet young women...