Word: complexity
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Police alerted Harry to an incident at Bible Town, a ministry retreat in Boca Raton. "Bettie was running through the motel complex, waving a .22-caliber pistol and shouting about the retribution of God." Harry, taking pity on his volatile ex-wife, brought her home to stay with him and his children - Larry, 16, and Linda...
...realistic-looking implementation yet of a 3-D world - more startling even than Linden Lab's Second Life. (Though in fairness to Second Life, Home is far more limited in scale. There's not much more than a shopping mall with a theater, a bowling alley and an apartment complex. That will change over time, of course...
...survival by motivating it to protect its mates and secure alliances for safety. Historically, science has separated emotions into two categories: primary and secondary. Primary emotions such as fear and anger are considered universal, while it's thought that secondary emotions such as envy, jealousy and guilt require more complex cognitive processes. Of envy, Range says, "It's not a very simple emotion. You actually have to pay attention to what the other [animal] is getting...
...Most dog lovers don't need a study to tell them that their pets are capable of feeling more complex emotions. "For dog owners, they are probably thinking, 'Of course,'" says Range. Maurice Melzak, editor of Petstreet, a social networking site for pet enthusiasts, says his dog, an Airedale terrier named Roxy, clearly has a sense of fair play and justice. She also demonstrates guilt. Once, when Melzak found empty food wrappers on the kitchen counter and asked who did it, "immediately Roxy's tail went between her legs, she had this really sheepish expression on her face...
...tread water, Beijing is frantically throwing money at infrastructure projects, much as U.S. President-elect Barack Obama now promises to do in America. But ditch-digging on a national scale, Beijing knows, will not take China where it needs to go. Only if leaders execute a series of complex alterations to the foundations of its economic growth will China maintain its momentum. "The [global slump] is absolutely accelerating the fundamental changes that were already taking place," says Daniel Rosen, a principal at the Rhodium Group, a New York City - based economic-consulting firm. "The Chinese may have understandably felt entitled...