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Nevertheless, hunting continues to have an atavistic hold on many Tuscan men over the age of 50, and it is among this group that the poisoners--probably only a handful of them--are assumed to lurk.
Evolutionary psychologists explain presidential philandering as an atavistic impulse left over from the early days of the human race.
The basic template seems to be an amalgam of The Wizard of Oz and Happy Days : The relationship between Luke (Mark Hamill) and Han (Harrison Ford) is just the relationship between Richie and the Fonz; the Wookiee is cloned directly from the Cowardly Lion; and the scene in which C-3PO is dismembered by the Sand People is completely appropriated from the scene in which the Scarecrow is dismembered by flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz . It is true that The Wizard is a story implanted deep in the memory banks of the viewing public--but it is a stretch to call Star Wars ' appeal atavistic.
Airline language is similarly atavistic.
When they grow a little older and get serious about becoming employed, the green hair and atavistic piercings disappear.