Word: persistive
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...working on a more telescoped time frame. Some scientists have suggested that the womb of a mother who is malnourished during pregnancy may simulate "famine-like" conditions for the fetus. That may "predispose the baby to hoard nutrients," explains Paul Zimmet, professor of diabetes at Monash University. "Those changes persist in adult life and are reflected in obesity or diabetes...
Even if the election does run smoothly, Congo's worst problems will surely persist. The country is less a functioning nation-state than a patchwork of disjointed cantons. While the war's messy front line no longer exists, trade between the east and the west is almost nonexistent. "It's as if we are still two countries," says Dr. Pascal Ngoy, a health coordinator for the IRC. That division is felt most keenly in the provinces and is made worse by the long-standing perception that the capital doesn't care about the country's farthest reaches. The local administration...
...they persist in their criticism, tell them to call Andres Paniagua, another Big Mac I met. He?s one of the 600,000 of you who has served in Iraq. Of course you probably won?t be able to reach this former Marine, because he works full-time at an inner city school, goes full-time to college in West L.A., and mentors his church youth group...
...very nonplussed about an issue we should have discussed throughout the semester.Amidst the turmoil, the UC has landed itself in the position of choosing between two unappealing options—either to maintain the CLC or to create an Outreach and Services Committee (OSC). The CLC, should it miraculously persist into next fall, with its authority relegated to the CEB, will be left impotent and without a mandate. As for the prospect of an OSC, every UC member should be responsible for reaching out to his/her constituents, as part of his/her representative duty. Creating such a committee would exculpate...
...diplomatic protocol would have been to tapdance: "I can't imagine ever having to use nuclear weapons," or some such, leaving the nuclear door open, but never saying so specifically. In truth, I was trying to make the same point, undiplomatically - which comes easy for me: If the Iranians persist in crazy talk about wiping Israel, or New York, off the face of the earth, it isn't a bad idea if we hint that we can get crazy, too. One can easily imagine the unthinkable: a suitcase nuclear weapon, acquired from the former Soviet Union by Iranian agents, detonated...