Word: adjusters
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...callow bowler in the opposing XI, what would it have been like to confront this Bradman? His entry onto the ground was an amble, which some interpreted as him basking in the applause. In fact, he was allowing his blue eyes to adjust to the sunlight. From narrow shoulders hung muscular arms; this was the result of nothing except overuse of a bat. More striking was his unmistakable half-smile, reflecting both supreme self-confidence and pleasure. "I couldn't wait to bat," he said. "The bigger the occasion, the tenser the atmosphere, the more I liked the game...
There are other benefits to going digital, however. The same study showed that because radiologists could adjust the images, they needed fewer retakes, sparing women the discomfort (and extra radiation) of a repeat mammogram. Also, digital systems upgrade more easily to accommodate future innovations, such as software filters that will allow doctors to "subtract" out healthy tissue and show only tiny tumors. "There are a lot of exciting possibilities down the road," says Dr. Etta Pisano of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who will be heading up a large study comparing analog and digital mammography later this...
Perhaps Mayer should adjust the HUDS slogan from "Dedicated to the liberal art of eating" to "Dedicated to the prevention of liberal eating...
...Early next week the new commerce secretary was to face the politically charged decision whether or not to adjust, by so-called statistical sampling, the 2000 census report to include millions of people left uncounted by the recent population tally. The issue of statistical sampling continues to spark heated political debate; advocates of the practice, mainly Democrats, say adjustments are the only way to redress what they say is the disenfranchisement of an estimated 3.4 million Americans, primarily minorities and poor people living in urban areas, who went uncounted in the last census. The plan's Republican opponents counter that...
...House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday morning: Down the road, productivity will be back up. The New Economy will be fine, and in fact new inventory technologies mean it bounces back faster these days than it used to. But it still takes time for businesses and consumers alike to adjust to a slowdown that hits this hard and this fast, and "for the period ahead, downside risks predominate...