Word: twins
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True, the implications of the Science article should not be exaggerated. The authors figure the gene accounts for only 3% or 4% of the variation in neurosis among the population. They point out that according to twin studies, genetic factors may account for 40% to 60% of the variation in anxiety-related traits and estimate that 10 to 15 other genes may also be involved. And they do acknowledge, somewhat grudgingly it seems, that "variance in personality traits, including those related to anxiety, is thought to be generated by a complex interaction of environmental and experiential factors with a number...
...this misunderstanding, or missed expectation, epitomizes the contradiction that existed between the venue and the band on Sunday night, and also the reason why it became more awkward and discomfiting to experience Red House Painters live, in spite of their bravura performances, than in the cold comforts of a twin (a TWIN!? for God's sake) bed with a shamefully broad amount of space...
...were wondrously busy examples of cinematic Euroflash; here he goes for sweeping visual sentiment. He wants to press you up against the characters, to make you feel the heat under their pale skin. So, as in his 1994 Danish TV series, The Kingdom (a bizarre blend of ER and Twin Peaks), he uses a handheld camera that swivels like a bobble-head doll. It's intimate, all right, and utterly maniacal--as deranged as the villagers think Bess has become...
...Everyone worked in a tidy little office, isolated from the others. To make the trains run on time, Elizabeth Dole had forced Reed to bring in Donald Rumsfeld, a Ford-era Defense Secretary with a buttoned-down style. Reed and his new favorite, John Buckley, became the campaign's twin partners, ruling on everything. Buckley, a refugee from Fannie Mae who became communications director in June, was someone who Reed boasted would be the big-think "corporate guy." Corporate was just about right, thought Murphy...
...JUDE (R) District 6 (Eastern, southern Twin Cities suburbs...