Word: mattering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That's one feeling you'll never get when you're heading home from the mall--no matter how good the bargains were that...
...pretend that applicants’ qualifications and life experiences are all that matter in admissions only results in superficial explanations for the discrepancies in admissions rates among different groups. College admission is an unavoidably subjective process, and, according to the admissions office, the vast majority of applicants could be successful at Harvard. The limited number of places available demands some kind of secondary screening process beyond academic ability, and rightly so: All students are more than just numbers and contribute both inside and outside the classroom. That said, the rosy vision of the admissions process as choosing a diverse...
Bacon may be a staple of the American breakfast, but it's probably not a terrific idea to eat it every day. Or sausage or corned-beef hash, for that matter. Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm pooled data from 15 studies and found that eating just over an ounce of these smoked and processed delicacies each day increased the risk of developing stomach cancer from 15% to 38%. The culprit may be the high salt content of such meats, which could irritate the lining of the stomach, or perhaps the nitrate and nitrite additives, which are known...
Leave it to a child to get to the heart of the matter. For years, giving antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to children living with AIDS in the poorest parts of the world was perceived as a lost cause. It's hard enough, the experts thought, to get ARVs to pregnant, HIV-positive women to reduce the chances they will infect their babies in utero or at birth. Pediatric versions of the drugs are expensive, and cutting down an adult dose of the medication to give it to a child is tricky. Without treatment, however, nearly a third of HIV-positive infants...
...more Muslims in local government and a cutback of troops and police in the area. But while the fighting continues, says Hassam, anyone suspected of feeding information to the police or military?men, women, teenagers like Ma-ae, even Muslim religious leaders?is a legitimate target. "It doesn't matter who you are," he says. "If you spy on us, we'll take you out." In one district, he adds, his brothers-in-arms have vowed to murder 10 Buddhists for every Muslim death. Such tactics unsettle some veteran insurgents. "We didn't kill monks or innocent civilians," insists...