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...units have the same capacity to absorb cuts,” Smith wrote in a letter sent to faculty and staff to announce the upcoming 80% plan. “Nor is it wise for us to reduce everyone equally if continued excellence is our goal...
...producing enough of them - a symptom of conditions including hypothyroidism, in which the body underproduces necessary hormones, or Cushing's syndrome, Lustig says. But both conditions cause weight gain, not loss. Another possible cause is celiac disease, in which a gluten intolerance diminishes the body's ability to absorb nutrients, but that's a digestive order, not the result of a hormone imbalance, Lustig says. What's more, almost none of the hypothesized disorders involving hormone imbalance and protein deficiency can be treated with a basic change in nutrition. "There is no one disease process that encompasses these three medical...
...potentially frivolous lawsuits, many directed at small businesses of less than 1,000 square feet, can have a profound effect on the local economy. Fearing the costs of a lengthy legal battle, many small-business owners decide to settle with plaintiffs for thousands of dollars. Some can't absorb the losses and end up shuttering their businesses...
...instant the most powerful man in the world sitting in a little chair has learned the world will never be the same again because there are people in it willing to do what they had just done. Briefly I felt sorry for him. I had only to absorb the enormity of what I was watching; he had to do something. Let us hope President Obama never has that look on his face. Terry Collcutt, BLETCHINGLEY, ENGLAND...
...Additionally, working forces you to struggle with these different perspectives rather than just absorb and appreciate them. While studying, you are free to maintain culturally pluralistic viewpoints; everything is different but good in its own way. There are few consequences to opting out of culture wars, because in the end the most that will ever be at stake is a grade. A worker cannot adopt this bystander perspective. Workers let down other people when they fail at their work. Cultural differences stop being endearing and start being frustrating when they prevent one’s own success in another society...