Word: neutrality
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After a crushing 9-8 overtime loss at Georgetown, the No. 13 Harvard men’s lacrosse team showed its resilience by defeating Presbyterian (S.C.) College, 17-2, on Friday. The Crimson (5-2) faced the Blue Hose (0-9) for the first time ever on a neutral site at George Walton High School in suburban Atlanta, but Harvard did not let any of these peculiarities prevent it from putting together a complete game. Sophomore attack Dean Gibbons scored the first of his career-high five goals nearly a minute into the game off a pass from freshman attack...
...According to environmentalists, the military's commitment to green technology is significant not because carbon-neutral fighting forces would help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions; the British military, for example, only produces 1% of Britain's carbon dioxide output, and that's typical for militaries in developed economies. Instead, the gain could come from harnessing the bright and heavily funded researchers who work either directly for the military (the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers alone has 283 Ph.D.s on staff) or for its numerous suppliers. If the military-industrial complex can design a long-range missile that travels into space...
...second experiment, students were asked to write a story, which would then be read by a peer and used to classify the writer's personality as Type A, B or C - A being positive, B neutral and C being decidedly negative. Type Cs were, for example, said to "sacrifice their beliefs because they seek contentment rather than challenge." Students were also asked to predict how they would feel if their peer judged them to be Type C - some participants were asked to predict based on written descriptions of all three personality types; others were not given those descriptions, but shown...
Doing What Works There is growing evidence that comprehensive sexuality programs like the ones Jordan teaches can be more effective than abstinence-only curriculums at persuading teens to behave more responsibly. Douglas Kirby, a neutral analyst who has studied sex-education programs for more than three decades, says most evaluations of abstinence-only programs have found "no impact on sexual behavior." However, nearly half the comprehensive programs that have been studied reduced sexual risk in three areas: delaying the age at which teens first have sex, reducing the number of sexual partners they have and increasing their use of condoms...
...greater choice than they have now, and they could take their benefits with them when they change jobs. It also provides generous subsidies for those who cannot afford to purchase health care on their own, and yet the Congressional Budget Office has said the proposal would be "revenue neutral," which means it wouldn't add to the deficit. It would include a minimum defined-benefits package, with no exclusions for pre-existing conditions. That would address two problems people now encounter on the individual insurance market, where it is difficult for many to find the coverage they need...