Word: ers
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...Fill 'Er Up. Who hasn't searched for a gas station in a mad rush just before returning a rental car? Lest you miss your flight back home, remember that Enterprise, National and Alamo charge about $3 per gallon to fill the tank - compared with $6 to $8 at other rental agencies - if you bring the car back empty...
...least, that's one finding of a new study by human-resources consultant Watson Wyatt and a nonprofit outfit called the National Business Group on Health (NBGH). Bent on slashing costs left and right these days, a growing number of big companies are nonetheless investing serious money in bribing, er, encouraging employees to get healthier. Nearly 6 in 10 (58%) now offer wellness programs, up from fewer than half (43%) in 2007. And the percentage of companies paying people to ditch bad habits (especially eating junk food and not exercising enough) has gone from 53% in 2008 to 61% this...
...addiction and his skills take flight. On "Déjà Vu," over a minimal beat and guitar loop, he explains, "Maybe just a nice cold brew, what's a beer?/ That's the devil in my ear I been sober a f___in' year/ And that f___er still talks to me, he's all I can f___in' hear/ 'Marshall, come on, we'll watch the game, it's the Cowboys and Buccaneers'/ And maybe if I just drink half, I'll be half buzzed for half of the time/ Who's the mastermind behind that little line...
...procedure - and midwives, who see it as that but as something less clinical too. And if a new study conducted by two researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) is any indication, peace is not likely to be brokered between the two camps any time soon. (See TIME's photos: ER's Long Goodbye...
...site's slogan says it all: "Spreading the Awkwardness." From uncomfortably intimate pregnancy portraits to couples striking bizarre poses, the photos elicit a baffling combination of amusement and unease. Like Postcards From Yo Momma, the site exploits (er, pays tribute to) the embarrassing moments that make us love our family enough to shame them. (See pictures of U.S. Presidents and their children...