Word: chosing
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...paper that will be published in the fall in the Journal of Consumer Research. The study was conducted by a team of investigators from three universities who did their work in the most straightforward way possible: by offering subjects unhealthy foods and healthy foods and seeing what they chose...
...only did they choose as badly as the other subjects did," says Wilcox, "they actually chose worse, picking the french fries even more than the rest of the group...
...personality have on your longevity? Do some kinds of temperaments lead to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality traits of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100. (The study chose the offspring of centenarians because they are easier to follow over time than the very aged since they don't die as often before follow-up interviews can be conducted. Also, children of those who live to 100 are themselves likelier to live longer.) (See pictures of the world...
...critics on the left who want senior Bush Administration officials prosecuted for the use of harsh interrogation techniques like water boarding. But thanks to former Vice President Dick Cheney, it has to deal with a different line of attack from the right. The growing chorus claims the Administration selectively chose which CIA memos to declassify, deliberately holding back documents that show "the success of the effort...specifically what we gained as a result of this activity," as Cheney put it in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity Monday...
...second chance when Murphy vacated his seat to work for the state’s Executive Office of Transportation.In accordance with Cambridge’s proportional representation election system, the city’s election commission reviewed the ballots that were awarded to Murphy in the 2007 election and chose as his replacement the eligible candidate who had next highest ranking.Ward filled that vacancy, and was sworn in as a city councillor on March 3.THE PROSPECT OF RE-ELECTIONThere is little down time for the new councillor, for Ward and his advisors have already begun planning for their next campaign...