Word: asked
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...while holding up your average business card, one that creases, tears, and does all sorts of dreadful things that paper is wont to do. "And it's the same size as every other business card you guys just gave me!" (What guys, Bauer never says, and we won't ask, because that hair is scary). As he leans in for the pitch - "I will never make a criticism ... without offering a RE-SO-LU-TION" - things start to get weird(er). While cheesy '80s music plays in the background, Bauer proceeds to hold up what looks like a cardboard...
...What the researchers were looking for was what they called frequent mental distress (FMD), which they defined as 14 or more bad days out of 30. And while the questions they asked were broad, when you ask them nearly 2½ million times, some patterns start to emerge. Between 1993 and 2001, 9% of Americans were found to be suffering from FMD; by 2006, that number had nosed up to 10.2%. The saddest state was Kentucky, with a steady 14.4% of residents reporting FMD in both surveys. West Virginia was next. Its score of 9.6% in the first sample soared...
...want to know how to defeat the American military, you should ask the Pentagon. On April 6, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a massive restructuring of the United States’ military spending plans for the foreseeable future. Essentially, it cancels or scraps many of the most advanced technological development projects now being undertaken by American industry...
...more courses and yet more extracurricular activities does seem like a frantic attempt to fill time. Students cram the day with meetings and work so that there is not the slightest opportunity for conversation. Summer vacation? Internship. Winter vacation? Fall back on the middle-school tactic and ask for extra work, formally known as the J-term...
...request from California Rep. Jerry Lewis: "...for the Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center. Perhaps next year, if the park and Rep. Lewis still haven't found all the money they're looking for, they could ask Bono and U-2 for help instead of the taxpayers...