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Research thus far identifies trust, socializing, admiration, kinship, and ability (believing members of other groups are intelligent and capable) as factors contributing to one’s “liking” another group. Today’s students who display allophilia are tomorrow’s world leaders who will take their love of other groups and pass...
...quotes from [Israel’s first prime minister] David Ben-Gurion and [former president of the World Jewish Congress] Nahum Goldmann that are found repeatedly on hate sites,” and that in asserting that the Jewish state was founded on “blood kinship,” the authors were mistakenly conflating the right of Jews to immigrate to Israel with citizenship...
...light-saber epic changed Lucas too. A graduate of the USC film school who also felt a kinship with Bruce Conner, Scott Bartlett and other members of San Francisco?s vital avant-garde scene, he had made two features before Star Wars. In 1971 he hatched the stainless-steel-cool, THX138 -a project received by its sponsors at Warner Bros. with so much bafflement and meddling that it stirred in Lucas a resolve to be a truly independent filmmaker. In 1973 he moved to the middle with American Graffiti, a feel-good blast of instant-nostalgia (it re-imagined...
...Women help the health of husbands by providing social connections,” Christakis explained, noting that a woman’s family and friends play a role in aiding her surviving husband after her death. Christakis suggests that African-Americans tend to have a stronger kinship network; thus, a black woman’s family is more likely to take care of her surviving husband—regardless of his race—than a white woman’s family. The study was conducted using the Medicare claims database, a widely used resource for sociologists. Elwert was able...
...suavely unknowing TV host, plays four roles: Tristram, his father, Sterne and a put-upon egomaniac star named Steve Coogan. Rob Brydon, who has worked often with Coogan, plays Tristram's Uncle Toby and "Rob Brydon." Much of the film's grace and brass come from their comic kinship, as when they compare Pacino impressions, or discuss the exact shade of Toby's teeth. Brydon suggests "not white," "hint of yellow" and "Tuscan sunset" and finally "soothing": "I think you'd decorate a child's nursery in this color...