Word: mimic
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...These wild swings are unsettling. But against the backdrop of virtually unprecedented uncertainty and complexity that surrounds the meltdown of the global financial system, they are not necessarily irrational. They mimic the mind-set of investors who are cycling between greed and fear as they try to assess whether financial stability is returning, and whether the market has reached bottom after a long and costly plunge. Investors are trying to judge whether stocks have indeed become cheap, as some gurus including Warren Buffett have recently argued...
...Still, I yearn to take on Harvard with a dog… and not only because I think it would be fun to mimic Elle Woods. As it is, I have only a plant to water, and while it occasionally blows in the wind as if to wave in my direction, it hardly greets me with a sloppy kiss when I return from class each afternoon...
...potential health effects of BPA have emerged, linking high levels of BPA exposure to increased risk of heart disease and diabetes and even a decreased sensitivity to chemotherapy in cancer patients. The compound is also linked to developmental and brain effects in infants; BPA is known to mimic the hormone estrogen in the body, which can cause changes in developing fetuses and infants. "There is enough evidence today for the FDA to take the precaution and to certainly get BPA out of infant products," says Urvashi Rangan, senior scientist and policy analyst at Consumers Union. "Even more, consumers should...
...Trying to mimic a portfolio we can’t actually follow is a bad idea,” wrote portfolio manager Roger Nusbaum on TheStreet.com, “but learning from people who are smarter than us is a good idea...
...being detrimental to less affluent schools. Michael McPherson, an economist and former president of Minnesota's Macalester College, warns that some may choose to increase class size or skip prestigious faculty hires in order to offer more generous aid packages. In the end, "they risk sacrificing quality to mimic the big boys," he says...