Word: mention
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...more advanced cineaste can even try to take stock of all the notable omissions. I was personally disappointed to see not one mention of Star Trek. Khaaaan...
...Meanwhile, with the newest iPhone going on sale June 19, and with an immediate price cut to $99 for last year's model - not to mention a passel of new features coming in the smartphones' operating-system upgrade on June 17 - Apple's competition is that speck you now see in the rearview mirror. Oh, wait, it was there just a second...
...Because for all our technology, the best way to land a job is still by having someone who already works at a company mention your name. Each year, the staffing consultancy CareerXroads surveys large firms about where they find new hires, and since at least 2005 the top spot has held steady: some 27% come from referrals. (Job boards, by comparison, have fed firms a consistent 12% of new hires; the rest come from recruiters, company websites, etc.) The difference today is that a lot more of those recommendations start with connections made through online networks. A recent report...
Second Wavers know the idea of pharmaceutical research on pregnant women is a moral, not to mention legal, minefield, which is why they advocate starting small by analyzing the amount of medication circulating in the bloodstream of pregnant women who are already taking prescription drugs out of necessity. A program launched in 2004 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is doing a few studies of this kind in four cities - Galveston, Texas; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Seattle; and D.C. - where flyers placed in obstetricians' offices seek pregnant women taking prescription drugs who are willing to stay in a hospital...
...rules and regulations if they move, separate or remarry. The 18,000 California couples who wed before Proposition 8 was passed remain legally married, but no one really knows the status of gay spouses who have moved to California from elsewhere (Iowa, Connecticut, Maine or Massachusetts, not to mention all of Canada). At least that will be true until the issue reaches a place that even California's ballot-crazy voters can't touch: the U.S. Supreme Court. But as with desegregation and abortion, a court ruling won't change attitudes overnight...