Word: filled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...report in the current issue of Pediatrics helps fill in the gap, providing the first randomized, controlled trial - the most rigorous kind of study - of a comprehensive autism treatment that appears to work well for children as young as 18 months. While none of the children in the study were "cured" of autism, those receiving two years of intensive therapy achieved major leaps in IQ score, big improvements in their use of language and significant gains in their ability to handle the kinds of everyday tasks necessary for a child to function at school and at play...
...advancing so fast, more and more wildlife are becoming endangered or extinct. In the movie Hellboy II: The Golden Army there is mention of a myth that gods created humans in their likeness, the only difference being that man has a hole in the heart that can never be filled in. I strongly believe that we have such a hole. This hole allows humans to compete for resources, to hunt wildlife, to study and advance technology and to be topmost in the ecosystem. Unfortunately, this hole also makes us demand - nonstop. If humans keep damaging the environment in attempts...
...inch LCD TV for her new apartment, the keys to which she received only days earlier. Nearby, a soon-to-be-married young couple, Zhang Guopeng and Luo Xi, sizes up washing machines using a measuring tape. The two engineers are also shopping to fill up a new apartment, their first home together. For Zhu, the busy Wednesday evening is business as usual. His store's sales have surged about 40% this year. "In the past, people only bought the electronics that they needed," Zhu says. "Now people are spending money just to enjoy it." (See pictures of China...
...stabilize the global economy by easing China's massive trade and current-account surpluses. With American consumer spending on the wane, China needs to rely less on U.S. markets to absorb its manufactured goods. The country's growing armies of middle-class consumers are being called upon to fill the vacuum to ensure the country can remain on its blistering growth trajectory...
...Iran has also stepped in to fill Russia's shoes as a natural gas middleman. A new gas pipeline connecting Iran and Turkmenistan is expected to open in December, nearly doubling the gas trade between the countries to 700 billion cubic feet a year. Because Iran already has one of the world's largest gas reserves, most of the imported Turkmen gas would be resold for profit. Not to be outdone, China signed a 30-year deal with Turkmenistan in June to buy up to 1.1 trillion cubic feet of Turkmen gas annually, starting in 2011. Work is expected...