Word: heavier
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...month in Manchester, where delegates adopted a new vocabulary. In fringe meetings, speakers inveighed against "the spivs" (British slang for slick criminals) who caused the mess, while union leaders and politicians raised cheers by bashing the rich. In his keynote speech, Brown talked of a new era that demands heavier regulation...
...annual Labour Party conference last month in Manchester, delegates adopted a new vocabulary. In fringe meetings, speakers inveighed against "the spivs" who caused the mess, while union leaders and politicians raised cheers by bashing the rich. Brown's keynote speech talked of a new era that demands heavier regulation, an era in which the rich will "be able to look after themselves." That sort of talk sets off alarm bells. "There is a risk that a mood could emerge, an anti-City mood," says Douglas McWilliams, chief executive of London's Centre for Economics and Business Research. "You sense that...
Like the Google guys themselves, T-Mobile's G1 is a little late to arrive (Apple's iPhone 3G has already been on the market for two months), but it's still pretty cool. A tad heavier and narrower than the iPhone, the G1 features a petite keyboard, a handy trackball and a higher-resolution, three-megapixel camera (the iPhone has a two-megapixel camera). Along with its Google-designed browser, the G1 features a more powerful version of Google Maps with a built-in compass and 360-degree photos. And Gmail users get instantly notified when new messages arrive...
...Experts say about half of all people of European descent possess at least one "heavy" variant of the FTO gene. Within the Amish study group, some volunteers had two copies of a fattening variant; these people were 67% more likely to be obese and were on average 7 lbs. heavier than people without any copies of this form of the gene...
...First Billion Is the Hardest By T. Boone Pickens; out now The latest memoir from the Texas oilman turned alternative-energy promoter is heavier on life lessons than behind-the-scenes anecdotes, though Pickens' sauciness--"Booneism #5: The higher a monkey climbs a tree, the more people can see his ass"--does entertain...