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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: temper

temper stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - Why some people get steamed while others stay cool depends on which version of a certain gene they carry, the Daily Telegraph reports. German scientists isolated a gene that affects dopamine levels. In a study, people with the least common variation showed little anger. Those with the other two mutations... More »

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genes • anger • dopamine • genetic research • scientific study • temper • anger management

 McCain Denies
 '87 Sandinista Tussle 

Candidate doesn't know what colleague is talking about

Jul 3, 08 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain denies colleague Thad Cochran's recollection that he physically assaulted a Nicaraguan official in 1987, the New York Times reports, saying “it’s simply not true.” The Mississippi Republican remembers that McCain “reached over and grabbed this guy by the shirt collar and…snatched him up... More »

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John McCain • Mississippi • Nicaragua • assault • temper • Thad Cochran • Sandinistas

OPINION

 Webb's Famed Anger 
 Is His Strength 

It's no liability, but rather what makes him an important Dem

Jun 9, 08 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - James Webb's legendary temper spurs worry that saps energy from the argument for a Barack Obama-Webb ticket. But it's exactly that quality that makes him an attractive possibility, Eve Fairbanks writes in the New Republic. It’s not just his “capacity to hormonally invigorate a party sick of its... More »

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Barack Obama • James Webb • temper

OPINION

'Wingnutty' Webb Can't
Be Obama VP

Loose cannon off-base on women, civil rights; won't get white vote

May 28, 08 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many liberals are pining for James Webb to be added to a Barack Obama ticket, but the Virginia senator is “completely unacceptable”—severely lacking on affirmative action (which he has called “state-sponsored racism”), on women’s issues (he’s said females in the military “poison”... More »

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Barack Obama • women's rights • affirmative action • vice president • James Webb • vice presidential sweepstakes • temper

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