Word: using
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...nine months after it replaced the University's financial computer systems--and the way staff use them--administrators are angry, accounts go unpaid and everyone is frustrated...
Parents don't come off very well in Burkett's book. When they're not whining about how hard it is to be parents, she complains, they're bilking the government by claiming exemptions for child care they use for socializing, demanding preferential treatment on the job, hogging more than their fair share of employee benefits, filing spurious lawsuits for ever more privileges, coming to work late or slipping out early, and belittling the childless colleagues who cover for them. In short, Burkett's parents behave like a bunch of badly brought-up brats. Childless adults, as she represents them...
Perhaps most significant, many of the fly genes that turn off during sleep and on when the insects are active proved to be identical to those that regulate mammalian slumber. That means researchers can use flies to test potential drugs and genetic treatments for aiding sleep and preventing drowsiness, rather than putting humans in danger...
...more meanings of the word organic than there are decent ways to prepare tofu. But the USDA has stepped in with a tough-minded new proposal for a national organic-food standard. Besides banning hormones, pesticides and antibiotics, the guideline would prohibit food irradiation, genetically engineered ingredients and the use of sewage sludge for fertilizer in organic foods. A formal ruling is expected to take effect by year...
...study that showed a steep increase in the number of very young, very energetic children on psychiatric drugs was greeted with nearly unanimous horror. Children's rights advocates and pediatricians were up in arms over the potential physical side effects of the drugs, which remain widely untested for pediatric use. And child psychologists across the country rolled up their sleeves in anticipation of an onslaught of newly Ritalin-free kids...