Word: assess
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...June 28, HCCP—a division of the School of Public Health—launched the website Your Disease Risk, which has interactive tests to assess a person’s risk of acquiring several types of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis and stroke...
...explore the matter more deeply, John works helped form a separate organization called the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society, which commissioned a study by 13 university scholars to assess the likelihood that Thomas Jefferson fathered Hemings' children. In 2001 the group concluded, by a vote of 12 to 1, that his parentage was unlikely. One author of the study, Professor Lance Banning of the University of Kentucky, says, "The case for his paternity is not without its chinks and limitations...
...occasionally been available to buy with Neopoints to feed virtual pets. Kids can also win points by watching cereal ads or movie trailers in the Disney theater. And they can fatten their Neopoints accounts by participating in marketing surveys. Universal Pictures recently ran a survey on the site to assess and build awareness of a forthcoming kids' movie, Two Brothers. Another pitch on the Neopets home page: click through to a website called Dealtime.com and compare such consumer electronics as Sharp and Sony camcorders, getting to know brands in the process...
...high school, two influential teachers led Bar Am to assess his role as a consumer rather than a producer. Realizing that his place in the balance was entirely one-sided, Bar Am prioritized living as an ethical consumer...
Joshua A. Barro ’05, who led the opposition, compared the fee increase to a tax hike and took issue with the council’s ability to handle an expanded budget, as well as its ability to accurately assess student needs...