Word: distinguished
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...study, says Perkins, was that it determined whether a school used social norms by posing it as a yes or no question to a single administrator; Wechsler did not ask how or to what extent the schools implemented their campaigns. According to Perkins, the study does not distinguish the social norms prevention approach from other anti-drinking strategies...
...distinguish itself from its virtually identical neighbors, Sovereign has installed a larger-than-life television screen that broadcasts young people telling me about new no-fee checking accounts while also making me think I’m about to get jumped by a drifter. Kudos to you, Sovereign Bank. Nothing makes me relate more to a faceless regional corporate entity than underpaid actors hawking low-interest credit lines by scaring the living shit out of me in the middle of the night...
...that form inside a coronary artery's walls are dangerous. Some appear to be stable and don't grow much, whereas others contain an explosive combination of hardened fat and inflammatory proteins that make them likely to burst, triggering a heart attack. Neither CT nor MRI scans can reliably distinguish between the two sorts of lesions. Researchers are developing compounds that are chemically attracted to the inflammatory components of an unstable plaque with the hope of someday tagging trouble spots that need to be treated. But that could take a while...
...country," says Salman. "My religion doesn't interfere with that." Some even became scouts in the belief that it would make them seem more American. Auri Moaven, 15, of Short Hills, N.J., says his Iranian-born parents encouraged him to be a scout in part because it would distinguish him from other Muslim kids: "When someone sees me, they will say I've done something extraordinary that most Muslims in America...
...million and the 12-episode first season, $100 million. Shooting began in March 2004 but was delayed as HBO shuffled producers and reshot chunks of the first three episodes (directed by filmmaker Michael Apted). It also had the largely British cast drop the regional accents they had used to distinguish the classes, deeming them too inscrutable for Americans...