Until the past decade or so, it had been accepted wisdom in the genetics community that only the tiniest percentage of the human genome contains the instructions that determine how we look, feel and act whether we (or our ancestral population group) are more likely to be grumpy or gregarious, impetuous or cautious, generous or a Grinch, a speedster or a marathoner, slow-witted or a math ace.
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The police minister didn't help himself by arriving late to deliver his statement - an attempted point of order from a quick witted backbencher provided just enough cover to allow him to scramble into position as a puzzled and irate Speaker Bercow scanned the horizon.
Chicory came up with a way to embed this software trick directly into a half-millimeter-square section of a silicon chip, making an otherwise slow-witted cell phone chip act like a genius.
Chicory came up with a way to embed this software trick directly into a half-millimeter-square section of a silicon chip, making an otherwise slow-witted cell phone chip behave like a genius.
Her comedy timing and quick-witted delivery makes her a star.
And they rallied with him as a slow-witted Southerner in the 1994 runaway hit Forrest Gump.
In his 2004 novel I Am Charlotte Simmons, writer and social critic Tom Wolfe describes a sharp-witted female student who is, on paper, ideally suited for an Ivy League school, yet she finds herself brought down by a destructive social life at a fictional university.
In his 2004 novel I Am Charlotte Simmons, writer and social critic Tom Wolfe describes a sharp-witted female student who is, on paper, ideally suited for an Ivy League school, yet she finds herself brought down by a destructive social life at the fictional university she attends.
Yes, the uber-successful, sharp-witted freelance writer decided that making a living as a single mom required showing up in virtual drag.
One month later, quick-witted Fey came to Malskat with a new proposition.
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That's a situation a couple of quick-witted American entrepreneurs, brothers Timothy and Eric Crown, see as an advantage for their Insight Enterprises, Inc.
The quick-witted child is sure to respond with a long list of supposed health benefits of eating chocolate, from helping protect the heart, to slimming, to just making us feel good.
Joel Edgerton's Patrick, the SEAL squadron's leader, is a bit of a cowboy, though quick-witted and unerringly competent.
Instead, she played a lawyer, a presidential candidate's sharp-witted wife and the queen of England.
Mild fame may have patronized these folks, but the movie pays them a comic homage that feels flattering, fast-witted, and true.
Those close to Romney say that's exactly the type of scrappy, quick-witted response in defense of his boss that makes Fehrnstrom, a top-level adviser, such an asset to the campaign.
The word on the street is that Microsoft is determined to call the next Xbox anything but the "Xbox 2", since they're supposedly convinced that dim-witted consumers will assume that the PlayStation 3, on account of it having a "3" in its name, will sound more advanced than an Xbox 2.
But Norwich looked to have rescued a point seven minutes from time when Grant Holt fired home after his turn out-witted Rio Ferdinand.
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