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Indeed, there are those who believe that the gradual purplification of the West may have dramatic national consequences. If the Democrats can pick off a few Rocky Mountain states to augment their strength in the Northeast, upper Midwest and West Coast, they may be able to build an electoral majority that does not include the ferociously conservative South. As Thomas Schaller of the University of Maryland pointed out after the 2006 elections, "For the first time in more than half a century, the minority party in the South is the majority party in both chambers of Congress." Schaller...
...even before the cognitive areas of the brain are brought in to assess options, these more intuitive and emotional regions are already priming the decision-making process and can foreshadow the outcome. Such primitive triggers almost certainly afforded survival advantages to our ancestors when they decided which plants to pick or which caves to enter, but Knutson surmises that vestiges of this system are at work as we make more mundane choices at the mall. There, it's the match between the value of a product and its price that triggers an anticipation of pleasure or pain...
...slight current of negativity"), my conversational mannerisms (I put my hands on my face and forehead, a no-no). We are now in the Mom Zone, times 10. My gestures pass muster, except that I am told I am playing with my bracelet. "I get paid to pick. It's a great job," says Pachter. "We don't expect people to be perfect. We expect them to be professional...
However, the competition isn’t the weekend’s only selling point. “People stay up all night playing word games and trivia games. There is pick up boggle, too,” says Mahowald. “They all speak in puns...
...lock it, SON! Where to find you on a Saturday night: Manning the door at 44 JFK St. or hanging out at Tommy Doyle’s pretending it is still Brother Jimmy’s. First thing you notice about a girl: Cameltoe. Your best pick-up line: “Hey little girl lemme whisper in your ear. Wait till you see Burle’s D.” Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: Aimee, I promise it’s just jock itch... Something you’ve always wanted...