Word: affections
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...actually trying to change what our core business is from electronics to customer needs. In the last five years we have focused on what someone actually does with the products we sell. How does it affect their lifestyle? We have been focused on the use rather than on the product specifically. We think this is going to help us get a deeper, richer understanding of the product...
...There are rumors that Blockbuster might buy Circuit City? How would that affect Best...
Finally, you can try to lighten the guilt load a bit. "There's a lot of parent-blaming that goes on," says the New York Obesity Research Center's Carnell, part of a British team trying to tease out just how genetics affect appetite, "and I think that's probably unfair. Parents are a powerful influence, but there are other influences as well--like genes." Recognizing that at least some cards in the obesity hand are dealt even before a child is born can be an important first step for parents and kids accustomed to thinking their weight woes...
...cycle and are responsible for alerting the brain when the cycle is broken - as in the case of jet lag, for example. "With disregulation of the circadian rhythm, there are lots of changes in hormonal status and metabolites in the blood," says Albert. "So you can imagine that would affect cognition...
...Although the researchers adjusted their data for factors such as obesity levels, these did not affect the racial disparity. Some might be tempted to see the data as reflecting racial discrimination among doctors, but that would probably result in a different pattern among different doctors. Instead, the discrepancy was common among all of the doctors, irrespective of how many black patients they saw or how good their overall performance rates were...