Word: twinning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...four, he said that he and his twin sister—along with more than 20 family members—were held as political prisoners by Saddam’s government...
Moreover, recent Biennials have had to respond somehow to the provocation of a superheated art market. Even if gallery owners and collectors have gotten a little nervous lately, whistling past the twin graveyards of housing and stocks, money remains a force to be reckoned with. Month after month, deluxe aesthetic merchandise--the stainless-steel jewelry sculpture by Jeff Koons, those naughty-nurse paintings by Richard Prince--keeps rolling out of auction houses like so many hood ornaments...
Bates and his Edinburgh colleagues drew their conclusions after looking at survey data of 973 pairs of adult twins. They found that, on average, a pair of identical twins shared more personality traits than a pair of non-identical twins. And when asked how happy they were, the identical twin pairs responded much more similarly than other twins, suggesting that both happiness and personality have a strong genetic component. The study, published in Psychological Science, went one step further: it suggested that personality and happiness do not merely coexist, but that in fact innate personality traits cause happiness. Twins...
...sank a three on the other end.“It gets demoralizing when you can’t get over that hump, and we saw that happen when Alek missed a three right in front of our bench in transition,” Amaker said of the play. TWIN POWERSWhile Lin shot 4-of-10 from the floor and scored just nine points, his presence was felt as he added seven boards, seven assists, and three steals to the Crimson attack.“You’re gonna see that out of Jeremy,” Amaker said...
...gift: to show how people learn codes of affection and aggression from watching movies, but when they try to pull them off in crucial situations they come out awkward, embarrassed and futile. The threat of domestic tragedy looms over Snow Angels, suggesting some exotic blend of Peyton Place and Twin Peaks; but its triumph is in portraying folks who, no matter how often they flail and fail, keep reaching out for human connection...