Word: efforts
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Financial incentives are the latest wellness craze, inspiring at least some of the nearly two-thirds of Americans who are overweight or obese to try to ditch their potato chips. A few years ago, in an effort to cut overall health care costs, companies started dangling gift cards, free cruises and even cash prizes to employees who shed excess pounds. Now an independent website is offering to pay anyone who drops a certain amount of weight over the course of a year. (See the top 10 new diet books...
...some people, trying to moderate bad habits is not achievable or takes more effort than abstaining altogether - as the philosopher St. Augustine put it, "Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation." Recognizing this by trying and failing can also be a critical step toward behavior change...
...first Afghanistan-Pakistan review: "This underscores the Afghan war is going to be long and costly. The enemy has come to know us better than we know them. Reversing that intelligence gap is imperative and hard to do." (See pictures of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, leader of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan...