Word: ascertain
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...health officials have repeatedly emphasized, with good reason, the swine flu situation is evolving rapidly, and more lab tests are needed to ascertain exactly what is going on in Mexico and elsewhere. "We want to make sure we're on solid ground," said Fukuda, a highly respected former CDC official and flu expert...
...done by students, because the students are in many cases just as talented as professionals,” Selsby explained, “but you pay them a student rate.” Due to strict policies within the UA program concerning employee-press communication, it is difficult to ascertain whether some or all workers have been asked to work fewer hours in response to the truncated schedule. But a University-wide emphasis on cost cutting, however, seems to indicate that placing additional workers on weekday shifts in compensation for the lost time is unlikely. —Staff writer...
Lastly, we hope that colleges remain transparent with their admissions process. If they must make financial status a bigger factor in their admissions decisions, then they should be clear about this with students. If they need more information about applicants, they should request it instead of trying to ascertain financial need using deceptive tactics such as evaluating zip codes or parent’s background. These methods are underhanded and do not provide an accurate picture of a family’s financial situation or a student’s ability to afford school. As hard...
...researchers took an individualized approach in order to ascertain what specifically was causing headaches. They looked at records of 7,054 headache patients over a 7-year period who came in to the emergency room of BIDMC and compared weather and pollution levels before and after each patient experienced severe headaches...
...under Eliot Bridge on the Allston side of the Charles River has been identified as a missing 31-year-old Waltham man, according to Jake Wark, a spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. The name of the individual has not yet been released. Initial attempts to ascertain the body’s age, race, and gender proved fruitless because of its advanced state of decomposition, according to Wark, but the body was ultimately identified through dental records. An autopsy was performed yesterday to gain more information, including the cause of death. The district attorney?...