The train's operator, again Domenico Serafino, saw the automobile, but the train could not brake in time, and the car was smashed and dragged. In the classic Polo book Description Of The World , ghostwritten by Rusticello from tales heard while sharing a prison cell with Polo, the latter's tales are plausible so far as in the prologue they describe Constantinople and the Near East, claims Wood. But, according to her thesis, the China represented in the work is based upon second-hand information. The Times , fellow expert Peter Hopkirk takes Wood's contention seriously. Blood types are requested on job applications as a clue to personality.
Political candidates make their blood type known to the voters.
A blood can be orderly and fastidious, but at worst can be inflexible and picky. People with type B are expected to be more flexible and independent, but some can be loose cannons. Type ABs tend to honesty and rationality, or can be unforgiving nitpickers if their negative side is to the forefront. The idealism, sexiness and health of typical Type Os can in problematical cases be overbalanced by overtalkativeness and pursuit of status. Thirty books about the subject have been written by Toshitaka Nomi.