Twain, whose sexy videos have prompted some viewers to call her " the Madonna of country music, " is contagiously upbeat in interviews and in her breakthrough hit songs.
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Ultimately, Thompson-- in what he claims is his final book on politics-- gives us a contagiously depressing message without the degree of outrageous audacity that drove his earlier works.
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While no one knows precisely why people yawn contagiously, recent research suggests that the roughly 50 percent of adults who show the trait are more empathetic and score higher on self-recognition tests.
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But " Big Daddy, " risible as it is, is subdued, somber, where a film like the Jerry-Lewis-on-' roids " Waterboy " was contagiously stupid.
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His researches into the incidence of typhoid during an epidemic in the town led to him establishing that typhoid fever was spread contagiously, and in particular that the infection was excreted and could be contracted by drinking contaminated water.
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It isn't nearly as ghostly, creepy or compelling as part one but " The Kingdom II " retains a contagiously entertaining flair _ though it pushes the boundaries of good taste onto gaudy, far-fetched, soap opera turf.
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Malcolm Gladwell proposes a fascinating and possibly useful theory in " The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference " : namely that ideas, attitudes and behaviors tend to spread contagiously in the same way as some infectious diseases.
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In " Crowns, " which opened Tuesday at Second Stage Theatre off-Broadway, playwright Regina Taylor and seven inspired actors have created a highly distinctive, gospel-infused play about church hats that's wise, funny and contagiously energetic.
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At one point during the streak, he and his teammates were averaging five more assists a game than their season average, contagiously sharing the basketball because the player West refers to as " best two-guard in the game " has become so unselfish.
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Her first acquaintance is with Kokoro Katsura, a cheerful pre-teen who regularly stops in before piano lessons, Itaru ItM, a contagiously sweet little girl visiting for the summer, and Itaru's older brother Makoto, a classmate whom Setsuna principally has a crush on.
