Word: correctness
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...this, and what's still to come is the byproduct of global warming, a phenomenon by which the burning of fossil fuels traps solar heat within the earth's atmosphere, changing global weather patterns. If this theory is correct, then the basic equilibrium that has maintained the earth's natural heating and cooling system for the past 10,000 years is about to be thrown into turmoil. We will be left...
...always thought [McCain] had the correct vision for America, and this shows that the voters of New Hampshire agree," said campaign worker Travis F. Batty '02. "Big money always gets beaten by big ideas...
...Knowing that Grandma Moses first picked up a paintbrush at 76 or that Ray Kroc launched the world's largest fast-food chain at 52 plants tiny seeds of hope in each of us ordinary mortals that we may one day burst into flower too. And if experts are correct, we may just have a chance. Life expectancy has increased some 30 years during the past century, and much of that time, it seems, has been added not to the end of our life but to the middle, extending the time we live as healthy, active adults--and multiplying...
Thornhill and Palmer aren't endorsing rape, of course. In their article in the latest issue of the Sciences--which is already generating a high volume of buzz although their book, A Natural History of Rape, won't be out until April--they say they just want to correct the feminist fallacy that "rape is not about sex," it's about violence and domination. The authors argue, among other things, that since the majority of victims are women of childbearing age, the motive must be lust and the intent, however unconscious, must be to impregnate. Hence rape...
...those of you looking at this from your home office, it looks as though there's now less chance of getting your employer to foot the bill for an ergonomically correct desk chair or smoke detectors. This week the Labor Department solidified its flip-flop on the issue of safety of home offices by officially exonerating employers from responsibility for safety conditions in remote home offices. What remains to be seen is whether employers, faced with rising costs in meeting heightened office safety standards - such as maintaining higher levels of air quality - will direct more employees into the home...