Word: peers
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Granger called Justiz's veto "an extraordinary action," adding that it "violated the integrity of the peer review process" and broke a strong precedent of following the recommendations of the advisory panel and the contracting adviser...
...genre of the patter song, Sir Noël had no peer. Because he was a performer first, he made certain that his most complex lyrics could be delivered with ease (upon hearing Coward do Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Porter said that it was the first time he had ever heard a song delivered in one breath). Coward's broken rhythms uncannily reflect modern speech, and his rhymes are unpredictable ("The police had to send a squad car/ When Daddy got fried on vodka"). And many of his topics have actually grown more pertinent with age: "Mother requires...
...this sense, success can be as difficult to handle as failure. "It can lead to complacency, which blunts the ability to perceive new opportunities," says John Kao, a psychiatrist who teaches at Harvard Business School. "The money tends to put you in a different peer group, creating a sense of isolation and the need to seek others who are equally successful. Some rich people feel only they can understand each other...
While such goodbyes are usually retrospective, looking back on the life they sometimes peer forward. Such lines derive considerable fascination from the fact that they have been spoken at a vantage that is the closest that mortals can legitimately come to a glimpse of what lies on the other side. Thomas A. Edison said as he died in 1931, "It's very beautiful over there." (It is also possible, however, that he was referring to the view outside his window.) Voltaire had a mordant premonition. The lamp next to his deathbed flared momentarily, and his last words were "What...
...present, Eating Problems Outreach is not holding group meetings specifically to support sufferers of eating disorders: the meetings are primarily organizational. For example, we are working with advisers at the Bureau of Study Council and UHS, and with their help are planning to hold peer support groups beginning spring semester As many members are "recovered" sufferers of eating disorders, we may be a good source of empathy and support. We encourage anyone interested in any aspect of eating problems to join our organization...