Word: mereness
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...cool outfits and freshly shaved faces seem to be saying one thing: "I'm not that kid who came to class in glasses and their pajamas all last semester, I'm attractive goshdarnit!" This is no mere New Year's resolution, it's a complex game theory in which costs and balances have been calculated more carefully than the hours-per-class ratio or reading-to-exam-work-expenditure quotient...
There's a good chance she'll get one. These days, many HMOs as well as Medicare dispute claims on the basis of what constitutes an emergency--rejecting one if, say, a patient who thought he had a heart attack turned out to be suffering from mere heartburn. "We are caught in the middle," says Dr. Stephan Lynn, residency director in the ED at St. Luke's--Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, where the medical staff has been cut 15% to 20% over the past five years even as the number of visits has risen 25%. "I get letters from patients...
...Albert Einstein's contribution was more than a mere scientific discovery; it was a major leap forward in understanding." MARINUS J. WIJNBEEK Amersfoort, the Netherlands...
...just an association - this does not show a cause-and-effect relationship. There are several reasons why people go bald, be they genetic, lifestyle or dermatological. Based on this type of study, bald people shouldn't get crazy about coronary risks." Yet the relationship shouldn't be seen as mere coincidence. Baldness and heart disease are both associated with high levels of testosterone, which, in turn is associated with hypertension and high cholesterol. So if you're thinning a bit on top, it might be worthwhile to keep tabs on your blood pressure and cholesterol level...
...Baywatch" and Titanic so vastly popular in Iran? But even if the standard of beauty were to be in some sense universal or biologically coded, that would not make it good. We are creatures of reason who should be more concerned with justice and happiness than with mere reproductive success...