Word: contentively
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...import GMOs, since about 75% to 80% of the global soya crop is from transgenic breeds. The E.U. rules mean imported GM food has to be labeled and separated along the supply chain to safeguard against "contamination" of organic farms. Any produce containing more than 0.9% GM content must be labeled as such, a policy that can lead to shipments being sent back...
Cable companies, not surprisingly, have resisted, asking why they should pay for content that's broadcast over the airwaves to non-cable subscribers for free. They say they already give companies like Disney, which owns ABC, plenty of money - Disney gets about $200 million a year from Cablevision alone, for the right to carry cable networks like ESPN and the Disney Channel. (ESPN is reputed to get $4 per month per subscriber, the highest of any cable channel.) And any increases in costs, they note, will likely be passed on to consumers...
...Stung by the recession and the general - and apparently permanent - ebb of advertising dollars away from network TV, media companies are searching the ground for every revenue scrap they can find. And their expensive-to-make network programming is a potentially juicy source. Whereas they used to pipe that content to cable companies for little or no cost, they now expect to be paid...
...women over the age of 38 who were of normal weight. Researchers asked the women about their alcohol consumption over the past year and recorded how much of four different types of alcoholic beverages they consumed - beer, red wine, white wine and liquor. The researchers measured the average ethanol content of each beverage and then calculated each volunteer's average alcohol intake; they also weighed each woman five times over the course of the follow-up period...
...addition to the presentation of election reform, the Council passed legislation to formalize the launch of Crimson Forum, a Web site that encourages undergraduates to discuss a wide variety of academic and campus-related issues. The site’s content will be similar to discussions held over House lists but will instead be consolidated in one spot, according to project manager and Student Initiatives Committee member Tengbo...