Word: scariest
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...scariest thing I've ever done," says Martin, who turned 51 last week and has a wife and 13-year old twin children. "Right now, I'm just worried about financially making this all work." (See 10 ways your job will change...
...produced an astounding round of applause, either for the film being over or for the meekest character making the first intelligent move of the story. Ultimately, the possibility of a sequel—as suggested by the ambiguous final scene—may be the scariest part of all. —Staff writer Brianne Corcoran can be reached at corcoran@fas.harvard.edu...
...Society (ACS), the 10-year survival rate for prostate-cancer patients over age 65 who pursue aggressive treatment (surgery, radiation or chemotherapy) is 97%, slightly higher than the survival rate of the 66-to-74-year-old patients in the current study who chose no treatment. "Cancer is the scariest word in medicine for many patients. The first thought is, Oh, my God, I'm going to die. The next thought is, What can we do to get rid of this? But we've known for quite some time that many men - especially those in their advanced...
Despite June 15th's market weakness, investment managers are optimistic that stocks will not head back to their March lows, since the scariest part of the financial crisis appears to be over. That said, most do anticipate an ongoing correction that might take stock prices down another...
Heat waves, droughts and mass extinctions are all potential threats from climate change. But the scariest risk has always been that of rapid sea-level rise caused by the collapse of the massive ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. There is enough water locked on Greenland alone to raise global sea levels by 23 ft. (7 m) if it melted, which would swamp coastal cities like London and Shanghai and all but wipe away small island states like the Maldives and Tuvalu. We can likely adapt, expensively, to higher temperatures and changing precipitation patterns, but it's difficult to imagine...