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...about a third larger in homosexuals than in heterosexuals. Another study, published last year, revealed that a segment of the hypothalamus, which influences sexual activity, seems to be half as large in gay men as it is in straight men. A recent survey found that when one twin is gay, an identical sibling is three times as likely as a fraternal twin to be gay as well...
CINEMA Two glossy thrillers serve up twin killings...
...Olympiad. The occasion was a golden opportunity for presenting the city as a shiny new capital of a postnational world. It was also a quadrilingual glimpse into a multicultural future. Music at the celebrations that opened the Games came from an atlas of names -- Ryuichi Sakamoto, Angelo Badalamenti (of Twin Peaks fame), Andrew Lloyd Webber; Placido Domingo was followed by a sea of "living sculptures" designed by a man from the West Indies. And some of the grandest cheers of all came as the unfamiliar Lithuanian flag hung over costumes fashioned by Issey Miyake...
...best farces are animated by disinterest, not contempt. This one is undone by the twin Hollywood trends of misogyny and morphing. The picture's political and technical slickness betrays its intentions and gives it the smooth, opulently dressed, unwontedly cheery look of a Beverly Hills corpse...
This less-is-more stance has placed heavy physical and emotional strains on those workers fortunate enough to keep their jobs. Though both the length of the average workweek and the number of overtime hours dipped a bit in June, the twin indicators of how long and hard people work had reached record levels in recent months. At the same time, the financial rewards of work have continued to dwindle. When adjusted for inflation, the average hourly wage of U.S. workers stands 14% lower than in 1979. And male college graduates who were just beginning their careers earned 5.1% less...