Word: bitted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...existence of a relationship between poverty and obesity does not imply causality, but surely one could speculate on the nature of the determinants. I would like to make the case that with a little bit of helpful prodding, Hicks might be inclined to venture beyond obtuseness and think a little more deeply about this "perched," "mooching," and "portly" woman's life...
...parents in the form of vouchers for private or charter schools. But in exchange, Bush demanded mandatory state testing from grades three to eight and participation in standardized national math and science tests - a big footprint of federal interference that orthodox Republicans abhor. Bush, however, figures that a bit of Big Brother can be useful, and he figures parents, who tend to put their kids? futures ahead of slash-and-burn ideology, feel the same way. To win, Bush?d have to run to the center anyway - he?s just starting early. If his colleagues are smart, they...
Seldom has a company caught so much heat for a product it didn't invent, didn't make and didn't even yet have the rights to. But then again, seldom has there been a product as elegantly spooky as the bit of biotechnology known as Terminator. On Tuesday, agribiz giant Monsanto promised not to impose on its customers a technology that renders seeds sterile after the plant has ended its growth cycle. The boys down in the Monsanto accounting department saw this as an ingenious way to protect the company's investment by forcing farmers to buy new bags...
...others feared that the suicide genes could cross-pollinate with other plants, creating widespread sterility. "Monsanto bowed to public pressure," says TIME science writer Jeffrey Kluger. "This technology is still several years down the road, so there wasn't any immediate payoff, and it was costing them quite a bit in terms...
...international smash. Watt even started manning nightclub turntables. No longer content to be ultra-cool purveyors of trip-hop and jazz-pop, EBTG now adds dance-friendly house beats to its mix. Thorn's magnificently melancholic voice can find its footing anyplace, but some of the beats sound a bit like last year's, and in pop, that's ancient...