Word: reportable
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...celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary and had been trying to have a child. She worked as an advertising assistant in the Army recruiting office, writing promotional brochures. She was killed by a blow to the back of the head. A high school classmate involved in the rescue effort could report to the family that Karen's body was found intact, seated in her chair...
Ironically, the Fed's get-tough stance came just hours after a Commerce Department report showed that the "core" rate of inflation (the Consumer Price Index with volatile food and energy prices omitted) had fallen to an annual rate of 2.4% in April, down from 4.8% in March. That led Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, to denounce the FOMC increase as "clearly excessive" at a time when "accelerating inflation is not apparent." If this continues, says Harkin, "our economy is going to bleed to death." In other words, the Democrats need a slowing economy in an election year like...
...listing ritual was first mandated by Congress in 1978 under a law requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to compile and publish the names of substances known or thought to cause cancer. Each time the report is released, substances are either added, bumped up from the suspected to the known category or deleted...
...report is compiled is something of a black art to folks outside HHS, but the process is fairly simple. Investigators from the government's National Toxicology Program ask scientists around the country to submit "nominees" for the list. The feds then review the candidates to determine which indeed deserve to be considered carcinogenic and where on the list they belong. Getting dropped from the list works the same way, except that the push for removal may come from industry groups eager to redeem what they consider a wrongly condemned substance. Saccharin's exoneration, for instance, was championed by the Calorie...
...doctor's office if they tore a ligament or had a cut that wouldn't heal, few seem to view their oral health with the same urgency, says Dr. Marjorie Jeffcoat, Rosen Professor at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry and a coauthor of the report. And while missing a few dentist appointments isn't likely to kill anyone, years of neglect could take their toll - in ways most people might not expect. "We are beginning to see information suggesting that chronic infection in your mouth may increase your risk for conditions ranging from cardiovascular disease to pre-term...