Those who think that poetry is a waste product of neurosis will have a lovely time.

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There were plenty smart people on campus, but none had quite that mixture of cockiness, neurosis and something resembling wisdom.

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For Alejandro it was a nonissue: None of his Uruguayan friends or family have life insurance, which he considered a symptom of Yankee neurosis.

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Their skepticism and neurosis in an escalating context of plausible evidence adds a believability that, to me, is more compelling than simply seeing the monster or bad guy in -- arguably impressive -- CGI.

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"The risk is that 20 years from now everyone gets tested and learns they have a 5% risk for developing 10 diseases and a 2% risk for 20 other diseases-- and what we do is increase neurosis instead of improving health, " frets Yale University geneticist Richard Lifton.

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