Word: prongs
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...touch with Psychology 1504: Positive Psychology lecturer Tal Ben-Shahar to get some happiness tips for former tennis partner and soon-to-be ex-University President Lawrence H. Summers. Ben-Shahar suggests a three-prong approach to beating the resignation blues. 1) “He will likely be feeling upset, disappointed and sad. He should give himself permission to be human—to experience whatever he is experiencing and accept it as natural and human,” says Ben-Shahar. 2) Ben-Shahar recommends that Summers should study Harvard psychology Professor Daniel...
...statistics reflect that no matter how shining a star he is, Dawson is just one prong of a balanced attack, and that the bigger he is, the better the Crimson pass game...
...uranium miners, who suffer abnormally high rates of lung cancer. But as a gas, radon can flow for miles underground, often rising to the surface through faults and porous rock far from any source of uranium. In fact, the Watras house is located in a region called the Reading Prong, from which larger-than-normal quantities of radon rise. The region stretches from Reading, Pa., eastward across northern New Jersey and into New York State, High levels of indoor radon have also been found in Maine, New Hampshire, central Florida, Idaho, Montana, the Carolinas, Georgia, Texas, California and Washington State...
...scourge that has spread to all corners of the country, sex trafficking is an issue that must be dealt with immediately. I am starting a policy group at the Institute of Politics, which will feature a three-prong approach: raising awareness on campus and nationwide, conducting research to investigate the full extent of the problem with the help of guest speakers whom we will invite to speak to the group, and publishing a policy proposal with specific recommendations for state and national lawmakers. Efforts like these should be taken on campuses and communities around the country to draw national attention...
Murdoch lined up support last week from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns 3% of News' nonvoting shares and said he was willing to convert those shares into voting stock and buy even more. A second prong of defense emerged earlier, when Murdoch's board adopted a "poison pill" provision that would make it hugely expensive for Malone to add to his stake. Poison pills don't sit well with shareholder groups. "They generally are adopted by boards unilaterally just when shareholders least like to see them," says Ann Yerger, acting executive director at the Council of Institutional Investors...