Word: insistency
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...should be doing these things. In fact, if you were to boil down the myriad recommendations for preventing and dealing with childhood obesity to a single word, you would come up with this: modeling. We need to think about the messages our behaviors send to our kids, the experts insist. If your daily diet revolves around bologna, potato chips and Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey ice cream eaten straight out of the carton, guess what Junior's going to start craving? And if you can name every celebrity from the past five seasons of Dancing with the Stars, chances...
...Thus far, however, Philippine courts have shed little light on the murky circumstances surrounding Burgos' abduction. As part of an amparo complaint filed by Edita Burgos, a number of military officers have testified; all have denied military involvement in the kidnapping. Burgos continues to insist that the army orchestrated her son's disappearance. If he is still alive, she says she would like him released; if dead, she would like only to know where his body is buried...
...first person. I’ve shared personal predictions, opinions, and family anecdotes. At its best, this I-in-writing style may have touched or amused some readers; at its memorable worst, it regrettably hurt quite a few.Most times, though, better to just tell the story and not insist on being a part of it. The story about the softballer’s toughness, for instance, or the footballer’s heart or the baseballer’s thoughtfulness. All stories about members of the Class of 2008, and I’m just the storyteller...
...This is no easy task. In dealing with a strange and distant place, there is a great risk of simplification. Policy makers and the public want an easily digestible analysis, distinguishing good from bad and recommending blanket action. Academics who insist on a nuanced view are often sidelined. Their role in framing the debate is then filled by an obliging but inexpert press, which resorts to dismissive stereotypes when their Manichean analysis breaks down...
...Russians have put a little ball up in the air, and it seems that the United States is pretty excited about it. “We aren’t trying to win a race,” the scientists insist, rather half-heartedly staring into the sky. “No sir, it doesn’t mean the Russians are ahead in the missile techniques, no sir, it doesn?...