Word: basic
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...Disney's once mighty traditional animated films, the last four (Mulan, Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove and Atlantis: The Lost Empire) grossed, on average, just $116 million, and the last two didn't make it to $90 million. Pixar films were originally meant to supplement Disney's basic animation menu; instead they have supplanted it. The story is the same at DreamWorks. The CG Shrek scared up $267 million, while the traditional Road to El Dorado cadged a paltry $51 million...
Eggs may be a staple, but they're not basic anymore. The variety of specialty eggs on the market can be baffling. So can the claims: less fat, more vitamins, more humane treatment of chickens. These select (and costly) yolks make up 5% of eggs consumed in the U.S. but are a growing business. They all tend to taste the same, so what are the differences? --By Sora Song...
Discovering this basic neural circuitry turned out to be a key breakthrough in understanding anxiety. It showed that the anxiety response isn't necessarily caused by an external threat; rather, it may be traced to a breakdown in the mechanism that signals the brain to stop responding. Just as a car can go out of control due to either a stuck accelerator or failed brakes, it's not always clear which part of the brain is at fault. It may turn out that some anxiety disorders are caused by an overactive amygdala (the accelerator) while others are caused...
...members," says a senior Hamas official. Close aides to Arafat doubt that the Palestinian leader actually wants the terror attacks to stop, since the Israeli retaliations that inevitably follow deflect attention from his pledges to reform his corrupt and dictatorial government. Arafat last week signed a long-delayed Basic Law, a kind of pre-state constitution, but in private he's avoiding committing himself to a date for the elections he has promised. "This man doesn't want to change," says an Arafat aide. Meanwhile, Israeli military officials say they have given up on him as a partner in containing...
...authors describe four basic pitfalls that leaders face: getting marginalized, diverted, attacked or seduced. When leaders are marginalized, the area of their jurisdiction is effectively reduced. For example, if an African-American executive is asked only about issues involving race, that person has been marginalized. Likewise, executives have found themselves diverted from their agenda by truckloads of nonessential work. Attacks can range from malicious gossip to--in the case of political leaders--assassination. Business leaders can be seduced in an attempt to please their allies rather than stay a difficult course...