Ruthless, soulless careerism, a leading attribute of elite academics in the US.
In an article she wrote in 2011, for instance, the political strategist and pollster proclaimed, "femininity is replacing feminism as a leading attribute for American women… if women really want to be taken seriously in the workforce these days, looking feminine is a good way to start".
Six months ago, according to an industry study, consumers ranked enhanced sound as DVD's leading attribute, followed by better picture quality, disc durability, no rewinding and the widescreen format, which flattens the image into the dimensions it had on the theater screen.
A leading attribute cited in interviews with voters here is his deep experience in Washington.
While only a minority of the protesters would be likely to agree that Ms. Merkel and Mr. Gabriel are traitors and need to be punished accordingly, most would probably agree with the larger point, that Ms. Merkel's government has gone too far on the things that, until now, were modern Germany's leading attributes: free trade and open borders.
The cause of this behavioural change is not known, but as with most recent changes in salmon survival and behaviour, the leading hypothesis attributes it to shifting ocean productivity [4].
The leading hypothesis attributes sex-biased dispersal to advantages to the philopatric sex of obtaining higher quality territories and the dispersing sex leaving to avoid inbreeding (Greenwood 1980).
Recurrent peritonitis and bioincompatibility of the peritoneal dialysate (e.g., high blood glucose, high osmolality, acidic pH, and elevated glucose degradation products) are the leading mechanisms attributed to peritoneal fibrosis [ 3].
Lisa Gilbert, vice president of legislative affairs at Public Citizen, a government accountability group and one of the leading protest organizers, attributed the coalition's diverse membership to a growing sense among it members that the threat to the investigation represents a structural challenge to civil society.
However, he said most people did not know heart disease was the leading cause of death attributed to or associated with air pollution.
