| What makes two people incompatible? How
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| | subatomic particles to high velocities to
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| do you recognize the elements of
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| | determine what other particles or energy
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| incompatibility?Many lucky relationships
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| | will be released upon collision." She
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| take off like a rocket and, in spite of
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| | said, "Very good. You maast hev vone at
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| occasional ups and downs, last a
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| | home." I said, "I have two -- one in the
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| lifetime. However, a great number of
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| | kitchen, one in the bedroom." She
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| relationships don't fare so well. Why?
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| | continued, "Zo, instead of subatomic
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| What makes two people incompatible? How
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| | particles, vee pud in a male und a female
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| do you recognize the elements of
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| | rat vit contrasting personalities, und
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| incompatibility? And how do you avoid
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| | vee accelerated zem to sree [3] times ze
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| getting entangled in a no-win
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| | speed zat zey voood normally run to get a
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| situation?These and other such crucial
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| | piece of cheese." I interrupted, "What do
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| questions will not be answered in this
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| | you call contrasting personalities in
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| article. Mainly, because of space
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| | rats?" She said, "Vone eats aap ze whole
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| problems. Secondly, because I haven't the
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| | cheese aaz soon aaz you give it to heem,
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| faintest idea what the answers are. If I
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| | und ze ozer vone bakes ah shtrudel vit
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| did, I'd buy a big couch, a good clock,
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| | it." I said, "I see. Those are definitely
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| and bill clients by the nanoseconds.But
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| | contrasting personalities."She went on:
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| analyzing a few case histories may at
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| | "After a few minutes, I und my rat
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| least help shed some light on the matter.
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| | specialist heard ze female rat sqveeking.
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| After that, who knows, the answers may be
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| | Ze specialist tells me she vas saying,
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| just around the corner.One case worth
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| | 'I'm not enjoying zis trip! Zis vasn't my
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| recounting is Bernie's. (Bernie was not
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| | idea. Zis is ze lest trip I'm taking vit
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| his real name. His parents never told him
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| | you. Ven vee get beck, I vant to speak to
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| his real name.) Bernie went out with this
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| | my lawyer." Dr. Krestheimer slammed down
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| girl for four months before realizing
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| | hard on her desk and exclaimed, "Zo, zere
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| that the only thing he had in common with
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| | you hev it! Ze proof is in ze shtrudel!"
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| her was a Maytag repairman. In the end,
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| | I said, "You mean, pudding." She said,
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| he said the relationship taught him that
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| | "Please, dun't mix aap my experiments." I
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| when a "spin cycle" begins to look more
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| | asked, "So what does this prove?" She
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| like a "slow rinse" it's time to hang it
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| | said, "It proooves zat ven two people are
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| up to dry. Now he's going out with
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| | incompaateeble, vone mate shoood not
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| someone more compatible, and he's
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| | pressure ze ozer vone to go on a trip if
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| bubbling with joy.Then, there was this
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| | he or she does not vant to go."Not quite
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| married couple who, although both were
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| | grasping how she arrived at this
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| sports buffs, was incompatible because,
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| | conclusion, I demanded, "A rat squeaking
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| ironically, they had something else in
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| | in an a particle accelerator? How does
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| common -- both had to have the last word.
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| | this prove anything?" Angrily, she
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| Watching them argue was like watching a
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| | shouted, "Eenaaf of zis! Get out of my
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| baseball game go into eighty-seven
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| | office! Vat do you know about rats?! You
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| innings. Hardly a day passed that the
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| | dun't even know how to bake ah shtrudel!
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| "game" was "rained out." One heated
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| | In ze time I vasted vit you I coood hev
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| argument resulted in the tossing of all
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| | made eenaaf maaney to buy a brend new
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| their china ware at each other -- they
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| | couch und sree more condos! Out!"Only
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| referred to it as "The World Series."
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| | several hours after leaving Dr.
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| Actually, in a strange sort of way, they
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| | Krestheimer's office did I realize the
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| seemed to enjoy their shouting and
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| | implications of her experiment. Reading
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| carrying on. But the marriage almost
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| | between the lines, I deduced that
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| ended in divorce when she got laryngitis.
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| | incompatibility is not necessarily
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| Their marriage counselor recommended a
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| | irreversible -- two people with vastly
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| live-in umpire. Eventually, they learned
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| | different temperaments can learn to
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| to adjust to their problem -- now, before
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| | adjust to one another's idiosyncrasies.
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| every argument, they sing The
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| | With this new awareness, I set out to
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| Star-Spangled Banner.Another couple got
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| | explore relationships which I had
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| divorced for religious reasons -- she
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| | previously considered unsuitable.I am now
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| worshipped money, he had none.To assist
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| | going out with a girl who is seven inches
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| in the analysis of the problems of
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| | taller than me, speaks only Slovak, and
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| incompatibility, I decided to enlist the
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| | doesn't go out on a third date unless you
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| help of an old friend, a world-renowned
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| | open a joint account and write her into
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| psychologist, a genius without equal, a
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| | your will. How do we get along on a date?
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| legend on her own couch, a master of
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| | Well, I keep my right two tires slightly
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| treacherous love affairs, Dr. Tootsie
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| | deflated so at least in the car we appear
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| Krestheimer. (Her mentor is the noted
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| | to be the same height. But trying to have
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| sexologist Dr. Ruthy Westheimer with the
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| | an intimate, heart-to-heart talk through
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| heavy German accent.) It is reported that
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| | an interpreter is not easy. And then,
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| in her entire career no couple who came
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| | trying to find a movie which I like, and
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| to her for counseling ever got divorced
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| | she likes, and the interpreter likes, and
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| before their therapy bills were paid up.
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| | her lawyer likes, does put somewhat of a
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| If that's not a phenomenal feat, I don't
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| | strain on the relationship. But when you
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| know what is.My visit with Dr.
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| | get group discounts wherever you go, who
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| Krestheimer began with a direct question:
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| | cares.by Josh Greenberger
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| "What can you tell me about
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| | from Josh Greenberger: A computer
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| incompatibility?""Vell, I tell you
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| | consultant for over two decades, the
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| saamsing," she responded in her heavy
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| | author has developed software for such
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| Chinese-Bulgarian accent, "faanny you
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| | organizations as NASA's Goddard Institute
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| shoood esk about incompaataabeelity. Just
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| | of Space Studies, AT&T, Charles Schwab,
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| lest veek vee did an experiment on dis
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| | Bell Laboratories and Chase Manhattan
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| saabject vit a particle accelerator. You
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| | Bank. Since 1984, the author's literary
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| know vat is dis a particle accelerator?"
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| | works have appeared in such periodicals
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| I said, "Physicists use that. Aren't you
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| | as The New York Post, The Daily News, The
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| a psychologist?" Impatiently, she
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| | Village Voice, The Jewish Press, and
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| replied, "I dabble in everysing! Jaast
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| | others. His articles have ranged from
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| enswer ze qvestion!" I said, "Yes. It's
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| | humor to scientific to topical events.
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| an apparatus physicists use to accelerate
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| | Visit his site: shopndrop.
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