Word: homely
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...more fed up with the recession than Christina Calleja, 25, a real estate broker's assistant in New York City. Over the past year, she has fretted over every single expense. She has stayed home on Saturday nights and refused to eat out. Instead of buying a lotion that would smooth her skin, she would sample one at a department store. "Psychologically, obsessing over everything you buy is so exhausting," says Calleja. "Everyone talks about the recession everywhere you go. It's always in your face. It gets annoying...
...latest phase of the program focuses on telemedicine. In the past year, the health-care service has piloted two home-monitoring programs for patients with diabetes and those on blood-thinning medication - groups at high risk of emergency hospitalization. At Frederiksberg Hospital, Dr. Phanareth is running a ground-breaking study to test whether patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - responsible for 10% of all hospital admissions in Denmark - can be treated at home using telemedicine technology. "Sometimes, a lack of resistance is all you need for change to happen," Phanareth says...
...that type of competitor is a champion.In a sport that heavily emphasizes the year’s final tournaments, Caputo saved his best efforts for last, placing third at the EIWA Championships before excelling at NCAAs. The national championships took place in Caputo’s home state of Missouri, and the junior delivered in front of friends and family, shocking sixth-seeded Joshua Patterson of Binghamton with a 6-3 decision to reach the quarterfinals. Caputo eventually took an eighth-place finish to earn All-American honors for the second time.“I was very, very pleased...
...throughout the year.It was around 8:00 pm that the Harvard players began walking sullenly into their locker room after some of their sloppiest play of the season. Princeton was up, 34-15, at halftime, cushioned not only by its convincing lead but by the disheartened faces of the home team and its fans. In the first eight minutes of play, the Crimson had put just two points on the board. Meanwhile, the Tigers were slashing to the basket and comfortable from beyond the arc.“It may have been the worst half of basketball...
...quite hold true when discussing wins, rankings, and team prowess, but that 85-78 destruction of the future NCAA Division I champs instilled confidence in BC. Led by offensive expert Tyrese Rice, who dropped 25 points on the Tar Heels, the Eagles were impervious in their previous 10 home games and boasted a 13-2 overall record before facing the easy-to-overlook, 7-6 Crimson, which had not beaten BC since before the turn of the millennium...