Word: agee
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2010-2019
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...shown that a blood level of 10 mcg of lead per deciliter of blood is associated with potentially irreversible harm, although recent studies have shown that as little as 5 mcg/dL can also be dangerous. By extrapolating from their data, researchers estimated that if a population of children under age 4 was routinely exposed to Indian spices or ceremonial powders, the additional ingestion of lead would lead to a threefold increase - from 0.8% to 2.8% - in the percentage of children with a blood level of lead over 10 mcg/dL. "Our message is to say, Be aware of these products that...
...would help if it also retooled itself for an age of scarcity. No one wants to watch a race for the fastest Prius, but "people want to see some progress on fuel efficiency and carbon emissions," says McLaren's Whitmarsh, who also heads the recently formed Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), which represents what insiders hope will be a new spirit of harmony in a sport traditionally run by tough guys behaving badly. "There's much work to be done so that F1 is seen as relevant to society." (See a brief history of Formula...
...sports, like morality, as more teams, players, and coaches are deemed “the best this” and “the greatest that” while absolute worth remains to be defined. Such praise should not continue to be given without serious reflection. In the age where the specific virtues in our morals are increasingly harder to pinpoint, in our sports there exist infinite bests by infinite definitions. UConn will most likely win this year’s NCAA tournament, but that’s but one marker of achievement...
...currently the director of Princeton’s creative writing department, was named one of The New Yorker’s 20 best novelists under the age of 40 in 1999. He also received the 1995 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for his first novel “Native Speaker...
First, Republican Governor Bob McDonnell issued an executive order last month that "specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, political affiliation, or against otherwise qualified persons with disabilities." Left off the list, notably, was a mention of sexual orientation...