Word: root
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...health care a Democratic issue--not something they needed to do anything or even think much about. But in recent years, most Republicans have come to believe that our health-care system is dysfunctional because it is employer-based and that this dysfunction has to be attacked at the root...
...questionable, however, whether or not such a use of money is healthy, especially for developing regions like Asia. High-end consumerism is at the root of a great many social and environmental concerns in Asia. For instance, consumer protection organizations have formed in South Korea to campaign against “overspending mania” that is sweeping the country. Native Asian wealth is being whisked abroad to support the economies of foreign nations, creating illiquidity for local investments. In China, factory employees work long hours in outsourced textile production, making the region a smoggy, grey-skied dumping ground...
...it.I already know what you’re wondering, provided that you care about college hockey or have lived in New England. In a city that boasts perennial national contenders Boston University and Boston College, how can this young “Masshole” who otherwise roots for the Red Sox and Patriots actually root for the Crimson over the Eagles and the Terriers?As luck would have it, all you need to do is skate on the ice in the Bright Hockey Center at a young enough age. For a first-grader playing one of his first inter...
That's where we come in. The need to find--or create--order, arc and purpose in life and death is the root of art and religion. The difference between studying an animal's survival and writing her a poem is the difference between asking how and asking why. The latter may seem odd, but it's as much an adaptive response as a meerkat's serial mating. We are social creatures in a beautiful, cruel universe. We use whatever tools we can to survive...
...came in with full disclosure, according to an analysis by Krumholz's watchdog group, compared with 90.5% for John Edwards and 83% for Barack Obama. The Clinton campaign also was the most forthcoming in describing its vetting methods. Obama spokesman Bill Burton said, "We make our best effort" to root out problems with donors, but he declined to specify the efforts. Likewise, Edwards spokeswoman Colleen Murray said that "every reasonable precaution" is taken to ensure the legality of her campaign's donors. The campaign did not answer when asked to describe those precautions. With reporting by Howard Chua-Eoan