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Veggies? Does that include beansies, squashies and yammies? And presumably we are to eat our fruities also? Come on! Baby talk is O.K. up to age 3, maybe, but intelligent adults use adult language. If I read or hear veggies one more time, I'm going to barfie. Charles-Gene McDaniel Chicago
...while still others of you in the South Boston Adult Education program are helping welfare mothers earn their GED to get them on the path to employment, the Bush Administration’s economic policy has led to the evaporation of 3 million jobs...
Surprisingly, the film does a great job appealing to both adult and child audiences. For the kids, Elf has all the features of your average, high-spirited Christmas movie, full of colored lights and a reaffirmation of Santa’s existence. This time, however, Ferrell’s the one bringing the Christmas spirit. On its own, his bright green bodysuit, which he seems to wear quite proudly for almost the entire length of the film, would probably be enough to keep the adults laughing, but it’s only one element of Ferrell’s signature...
...year study of 3,300 young adults found that hostility and impatience nearly doubled their risk of developing high blood pressure. Another even longer-term study linked hostility to smoking and drinking; hostility that increased with age doubled an adult's risk of obesity and depression...
...really believe that when you treat students more as adults, you’ll start to see more adult-like behavior,” he says. Eventually, “I think you’ll see a general across the board willingness of people to be part of that spiral of interaction...