Word: twinning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...suffered more damage, it all came down to point of view. Was it more significant that Clinton edged out Obama in New Hampshire, or that Obama dusted himself off and kept coming? How could Clinton possibly lose the nomination after landslide victories in California and New York, the twin pillars of any Democratic electoral college strategy? And how could Obama possibly lose the nomination while winning more caucuses, more primaries, more votes and more pledged delegates...
...crucial question is whether the country's policymakers - in particular the Federal Reserve - are capable of steering the economy between the twin risks of a painfully deep recession and yet another bout of unsustainable, debt-fueled consumer spending. There seems to be little controversy over whether the Fed should ease rates, but there's lots of controversy over when and how much. The Jan. 22 rate cut came as a shock, but it did seem to calm the markets, if not buoy them...
...remembers his experience, though, "the thing that really terrified me was that my memory for a while became very unreliable." He figures, as he always has with his work, that the things that scare him will scare us. It never hurts, however, to throw in, as he does, dead twin girls. King hopes people will associate these twins with his new book, instead of Stanley Kubrick's version of The Shining, which King believes is too emotionally distant...
...trend is driven by the twin obsessions with chronicling one's life and experiencing fame. "We live in a culture where if it's not documented, it doesn't exist," says Josh Gamson, a University of San Francisco professor of sociology who studies culture and mass media. "And if you don't have people asking who you are, you're nobody." University of Pennsylvania sociologist David Grazian, who wrote On the Make: The Hustle of Urban Nightlife, calls personal paparazzi reality marketers, who make the act of being photographed more meaningful than the actual photos. "The goal...
...meter freestyle. Sophomore Mason Brunnick touched the wall just over a second behind Wollner for a second-place finish in the 400. Junior Eric Lynch took first in the 1500-meter freestyle, with teammates Alex Meyer and Blake Lewkowitz taking second and third, respectively. Twin brothers Bill and Dan Jones finished 1-2 in the 100-meter butterfly and 2-3 in the 200-meter butterfly...