Word: proper
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John Voelz isn't trying to brag, but it's fair to say he was down with Twitter before most people knew it was a proper noun...
...baby and passed on basic hygiene tips: "People know how to wash their hands, they just don't do it long enough. So... Scrub with the soap for at least as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday!" She also added a YouTube video on the proper ways to sneeze. "Quite funny but educational! I love the different sneeze techniques...
...more immediate" after Mexico informed WHO officials on April 16 of a possibly uncommon flu virus, one whose symptoms also include splitting headaches as well as the pneumonia-related problems. What Lezana seems to have conveniently left out is that Mexico as of then still did not have a proper laboratory to test for that viral strain; and that the WHO may not have been able to move with full force until a Canadian and then a U.S. lab confirmed the A/H1N1 variety eight days later...
...famine, poverty, and natural disaster, Zucker offered his thoughts on how to address the situation. “Dream big, invest significantly, apply technological know-how and political will,” he said. Anita McGahan, professor of management at the University of Toronto, presented the difficulties of achieving proper levels of sustenance worldwide to the half-filled Science Center auditorium. Citing age distribution projections, McGahan said that the global hunger situation would likely be exacerbated in the future as resources are diverted towards growing masses of wealthy elderly and away from impoverished regions elsewhere. Richard Leach, senior advisor...
...early April the government announced a three-month plan to educate police on proper jail procedures. That came after four more deaths were reported, including a 50-year-old man who authorities said died shortly after waking from a nightmare in a jail in Jiangxi province, and a 59-year-old inmate on Hainan Island was killed by other prisoners for refusing to take a shower...