Word: methods
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...said, explaining that astoundingly small amounts of exercise can have enormous benefits. Simon’s research found that walking just eight extra flights of stairs a day decreased death rates by 33 percent. In the book, Simon sets up a points system, similar to the Weight Watchers method, which assigns different point values for everyday activities. According to this system, everyone should aim for 150 points a day for maximum health—which can be achieved by half an hour of heavy cleaning or cooking for 75 minutes. The book also notes that 15 minutes...
...players. This year, the program welcomed roughly 120 players and has expanded to Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Over the course of the three days, HBS faculty instructed the players with the MBA’s case method. Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance and former chairman of the MBA program W. Carl Kester said he developed the curriculum to best complement the players’ needs. “We are not trying to cover the whole waterfront,” Kester said. “The program...
...better word for people who work in slaughterhouses) are allowed to subject animals to, there should be a legal limit to how much pain a doctor is allowed to inflict on a fetus. Section 2 of the Humane Slaughter Act, used to protect animals, states that a method of slaughter is deemed legally humane only if “all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical chemical, or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut.” While the laws...
...much as an eight-point edge, and fashioned a seemingly solid six-point cushion with 1:17 remaining when big man Brian Cusworth converted a pair of free throws. From there, Harvard pulled a Jacobellis. That is to say, minus the snow and the gratuitous “method air,” it snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. First, Princeton guard Edwin Buffmire, who has only a few more inches in height that I do and considerably less hair, yanked down an offensive rebound in the middle of the paint and put it back through the hoop...
...Mona Cadena, a regional field director for Amnesty International agrees. "Time will tell whether it strikes a blow against lethal injections. But talking about having someone enter the death chamber to administer the drugs takes away the anonymity that [the current method of hooking the inmate up to a machine outside the room] puts in place and will force us to decide who will take responsibility for ending a human life, which is a hard thing to ask someone...