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...will be worth $10.9 billion globally by 2009, according to analysts Kelsey Group. The individual pages contained on any of these sites or their blogging cousins may appear trivial: minutiae about cats' feeding habits, or the favorite break-up songs of teenage girls. But companies are banking on the notion that, in the aggregate, these pages represent a gold mine of credible consumer information. "Whether you are referring someone to either a great restaurant or a local hairstylist, since the lead came from a trusted source, there's a good chance that the person will be much more qualified...
...Verba added that he is very excited about the project's ability to fight the growing notion that “all the world’s knowledge” can be found on websites...
Corporation members have previously tried to dispel the notion that certain seats on the University’s top governing board are reserved for minorities and women...
Iowa is among the states and national organizations seeking to instill the notion of "driving retirement" as a natural phase of life. Many in the field believe that older drivers must be taught to plan ahead for the time when they may no longer be able to drive. At a certain age, Raleigh of the Maryland Medical Advisory Board says, people should have their driving tested as routinely as they would have a colonoscopy or a mammogram. "Our goal," he says, "is to get people to realize that driving disability is like other diseases. If you pick it up early...
Skeptics may think malpractice litigants are interested in just money, but there is at least some evidence to support the notion that it's also about emotional redemption. A series of academic studies over the past decade have shown that in many cases, victims are more likely to sue their medical provider if they feel he or she has not been sufficiently compassionate and communicative. Although she's not a scientific researcher, Jennifer Dingman of Pueblo, Colo., knows that firsthand. Soon after her mother died in 1995 at age 78 as a result of a series of misdiagnoses and medication...