Word: layers
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...Most foreign correspondents roll through the Middle East for at most four or five years, and usually only a few months. By the time they start to sense the superficiality of most news coverage in the region and to understand the way historic injustices spread their tentacles through every layer of society, it's time for them to move on to another posting. I've been in Jerusalem eight years, working first for The Scotsman and for the last four years for TIME, and I'm still here...
...have gotten the job done. It could easily have become a familiar legislative charade--a "reform" is passed, there's a nice bill-signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, various pols (including the President) get to take credit, but nothing really changes ... except for the accretion of another sedimentary layer of semi-powerless bureaucracy. In truth, it is impossible for Congress to reorganize the inner workings of the Executive Branch without the full support of the President, and I'm not so sure George Bush really favored either one of the attempted reforms...
Another variable is not just how much weight you're carrying but where you're carrying it. Most of our swaddling of fat is located under the skin and over the muscle, but around the abdomen there is another layer beneath the muscles. This so-called visceral fat produces inflammatory molecules that lead to insulin resistance and diabetes. The same molecules also destroy nitric oxide, which is critical to the ability of the blood vessels to relax. "Central fat is a linchpin in the abnormalities that lead to hypertension," says Dr. James Sowers of the Downstate Medical Center...
...first place, calling on the College to create the post only months after he graduated. His hard work throughout the semester has proven that his interest in improving student life is sincere. Unfortunately, creating a position around a specific departing person can all to easily devolve into yet another layer of wasteful bureaucracy...
...hard, so hard that you forget to do basic things like brush your teeth. Your blue jeans are stiff from six continuous weeks of wear, and your Harvard hoodie reeks of curry chicken, last night’s preferred dinner option. Rather than wash it you spray on another layer of cologne. You smell like a stale perfume sample in Vanity Fair and your once smooth complexion is rough with stubble and acne.” The Ghost takes me to late November and extracts a blood sample. Analysis reveals it is 75% Dunkin Donuts coffee and 25% grease...