Word: traits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emerges as the most deceptive of fanatics. He was "slim and elegant," fastidious in his dress and aristocratic in his bearing, with a "trace of shyness." The great intimidator confessed to being "afraid of the dark," as well as of "dogs, horses, strangers." He did not lack that rarest trait of the possessed, a sense of humor. He loved Dickens. He translated Mark Twain. When the mood was upon him, possibly after a few absinthes, he strummed his guitar while standing...
...syndrome is not a personality trait, not a row of haggard faces bent over Cabot Library tables that readily double as formica pillows. It is, experts say, a combination of medical school admission policies and pressures, embedded in certain beliefs among the medical community at large...
...syndrome is not a personality trait, not a row of haggard faces bent over Cabot Library tables that readily double as formica pillows. It is, experts say, a combination of medical school admission policies and pressures, embedded in certain beliefs among the medical community at large...
...syndrome is not a personality trait, not a row of haggard faces bent over Cabot Library tables that readily double as formica pillows. It is, experts say, a combination of medical school admission policies and pressures, embedded in certain beliefs among the medical community at large...
Authorities said that Ramirez has a criminal record for auto theft, drugs and other, "relatively minor," charges, but that none of his past offenses resembled the violent nature of the recent assaults. Psychologists who have studied serial killings suspect that the Night Stalker shared at least one trait common to mass murderers. "Once they start to murder, the act becomes habitual," says J. Reid Meloy, a San Diego forensic psychologist. "As it becomes habitual, it becomes easier...