Word: explaination
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...environmental subjects. So, I had the two elements: something short and something environmental. I have been personally always very interested in animal behavior-not particularly the sex life, but on animal behavior in general. I thought it would make a fun and appealing series to explain how animals mate-especially animals that are not mammalian, that are far from us. It's a wild world out there...
...rash of mass murder--suicides has left more than 50 people dead in the U.S. over the past month. Criminologist James Alan Fox, attempting to explain the killings to the Washington Post, said, "The economic pie is shrinking to the point where it looks more like a Pop-Tart." But the Dow was above 12,000 on the April morning two years ago when Cho Seung-Hui made his bid for significance at Virginia Tech. And the rampage of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold at Columbine High School, 10 Aprils ago, came during a delirious bull...
...does it all with an almost unnerving sense of calm. He can explain collateralized debt obligations, the obscure minutiae of the housing market and big-picture economic forces in a way that's clear and practically idiot-proof, and he's very good at concealing his political agenda, if he has one. Those last two qualities have made him an especially useful figure in Washington, where he's consulted and quoted by Democrats and Republicans alike. "What he says, people listen to," says GOP Senator Bob Corker, who cited Zandi's testimony on the second auto bailout as particularly helpful...
...studies on self-control may explain why. The authors argue that applying well-known theories of child development to improving self-control in kids may help prevent later overeating and weight gain. Both trials analyzed data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD), a long-term study of more than 1,300 children begun in 1989 at 10 sites across the U.S. SECCYD's mission is to unpack the factors that influence child development and behavior, from parenting choices to social and environmental influences. (See pictures...
...Granted, it doesn't sound blatantly wrong. But then why would they mention the Core Curriculum to the class of 2013 when they won't be falling under the Core at all...? If the viewbook is bothering to mention the Core, they are going to explain the transition to Gen Ed right about now--right...