Word: brightens
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...both share a similar vision about the future of steel. Both are trying to build themselves up as Europe-based global titans, believing that a worldwide consolidation is necessary to bring stability and sustainability to a volatile industry. Mittal has long argued that the industry's future will brighten if several huge players emerge from the scrappy pack of smaller firms. "Steel will always remain a cyclical industry," he told Time. "But if we are strong in financial health and stick with our principles and vision, we will reduce the effect of the volatility...
...thinks it?s a gift from heaven. Magical realism comes to the English Midlands, where saints speak to little boys and dead mums offer tips on hair conditioners. Individually, these are films to give meaning and fun to an ailing child?s rainy afternoons. Together, they could brighten Christmas, Hanukkah and the new year too. Happy merry, everyone...
...inducing abnormal states, analogous to how we use recreational drugs to induce euphoria or social disinhibition." The most she can say for the SSRIs is that some of them are mildly sedating, "and this may help someone who is agitated or anxious." Lucire says they can also energize and brighten one's mood - but, she adds, so can cocaine. The SSRIs do more for men with premature ejaculation than for people with depression, says Dr. David Healy, of Cardiff University in Wales. Healy supports drug treatment for depression, but is a hero to many SSRI skeptics for his work...
...blocks without one person bumping me. For the first time, I noticed a letterbox near a bus stop because there were no bus riders crowded around it. Where were the tourists asking me for directions to Covent Garden? Where were the crimson trails of double-decker buses that brighten London's streets? I think a lot of east Londoners decided to take a well-deserved summer Friday off. As for me, I made it to the office in 30 minutes, and thanked the skies it wasn?t raining. -Jene? Darden
...BRIGHTEN THE BIRDIES...