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• s  characteristic of an atavist

• It's not predatory, just an expression of the atavistic male urge to be a hunter-ogler.
• This atavistic love of blood and death and, indeed, self-immolation in the name of God may not be new--medieval Europe had an abundance of millennial Christian sects--but until now .
• Real estate may not offer double-digit returns anymore, but it does offer an atavistic promise of security, a nest egg embodied in Sheetrock that you can touch and dirt that can't .

• throwback

News & Articles

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• Photos: Jazz Age Lawn Party Brings Governors Island Back In Time
    The weather was stellar for the 8th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party this weekend on Governors Island, where sharply dressed gents and free-spirited flappers flocked for two days of dancing, picnicking and atavistic merriment. Headlined by the irresistible Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra, the whole affair was saturated in self-imposed sepia, with vintage beaded dresses and waxed ...
  June 17, 2013 - Gothamist

Quotes

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• Dmitry Medvedev in Xinhua
  A lot has been done, and nearly all the solutions have been found. The latest meeting with the American colleagues showed that they are ready to help and do away with atavistic laws. At least, they say so,Medvedev said.
• Edgardo Angara in Manila Bulletin
  ...media ownership where Filipinos own 100 percent and prohibits foreign investors from making inroads into this sector, Angara described this provision as "atavistic when technology is universal and global."
• John Githongo in Globe and Mail
  Kenya was urbanized, sophisticated, Westernized - and then it deteriorated into a very backward, atavistic, ugly kind of violence,Mr. Githongo said. "The country went through a near-death experience. It shocked the world, but it shocked us...