Word: falling
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...dense foods because they're cheaper than fruits and vegetables," explains Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America. Poor neighborhoods also have fewer grocery stores, even in the rural South. A 2004 study by the University of South Carolina found that most food-shopping options in rural areas fall into the convenience-store category because grocery stores are located too far away. But although poverty puts people at risk for obesity, it doesn't determine their fate. A number of impoverished states - including Montana, Texas and New Mexico - have relatively low levels of obesity. There must be something else...
Deirdre C. Leopold, Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, said that the numbers are preliminary and that she expects enrollment to settle between 930 to 940 by the time classes begin in the fall...
...students were admitted to the 2+2 program last year, and Leopold has said that she does not anticipate that number to increase for this fall...
...there could be plenty more pain ahead. Revenues - from income, sales and property taxes - continue to fall. True, states have already plowed through a lot of tough decisions to close the $102 billion shortfall they collectively faced during the last budget cycle. But already it looks like this year's gap will be $121 billion, according to a report from the National Conference of State Legislatures...
...review? I think it is going well. We didn't start from scratch. We are using previous assessments that were done last fall and winter. And so what we are doing is bringing in a lot of smart people and letting them do their business. It allows us to bring talent to focus. It gives me time to take a look and not make any decisions before their time. But I think it is going to validate some things we are doing and will shape our thinking. I don't think we are going to open the 60-day plan...