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They married three days after Madeleine graduated from Wellesley. She studied Russian while her twin daughters were still in the hospital incubators, then had another daughter six years later. She earned her master's and eventually her Ph.D. at Columbia by getting up at 4:30 and squeezing in the studying whenever she could. She got her first political job soon after earning her doctorate, serving as Maine Senator Edmund Muskie's chief legislative aide. Her Columbia adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski brought her into the White House as congressional liaison when he served as Carter's National Security Adviser...
...more personal level, she is an inspirational reminder to us women of a fusion we sometimes doubt actually exists--that of fulfilling familial bonds and satisfying intellectual pursuits. Madeleine Albright was married as soon as she graduated Wellesley College, proceeded to have twin girls and then a third daughter six years later. But included in this picture was a master's and Ph.D. at Columbia, serving as a legislative aide and congressional liaison, an adored and well-respected Georgetown professor and an ambassador to the United Nations. Many others have juggled the two worlds--but not many of them were...
...potential for romance is threatened by the single-mindedness that characterizes them both, and also by Gregoire's increasing involvement in the court. This also means involvement with the unofficial reigning queen of the court, the widow de Blayac (Fanny Ardant). The widow de Blayac is almost a spiritual twin of Dangerous Liaisons' calculating Marquise de Merteuil. Both of them rule with Machiavellian minds and Voltairian wits. She is the master player that Gregoire has to confront from whom he learns to play the game of seduction as well as the game...
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...