Word: quite
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...today is also the 23rd Great American Smokeout. Today, all across the nation, the American Cancer Society (ACS) is sponsoring events to encourage smokers to stop smoking, at least for 24 hours, and see how it makes them feel. "Prove to yourself if you can quit for one day, you can quit for a lifetime," say the advertisements. Through a variety of programs, from nicotine patches to counseling, the ACS and its partner within the federal government, a branch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), are working to make today the first day of a better...
...country was born out of a healthy skepticism of government, but when that turns into cynicism, the whole political process is corroded," Lungren said. "We need to pay attention to issues and quit demonizing people in politics...
...getting her comment on a recent quote from the oh-so-eloquent Richard Williams. He recently said in Canada that he wants Serena and Venus to quit tennis at 22 because "we're not training nuts and fools. We're training out kids to be where they can function in a real world because tennis is not real world...
...matter how many adjustments corporations make, of course, some people will never embrace the off-hours routine. For six years, John Wheeler, 39, was a night news writer and producer for CNN in Atlanta. "I was out of synch with the rest of the world," he recalls. He quit last fall, and insists, "You couldn't pay me enough to go back." Instead, he chose to become a 9-to-5 public relations specialist for United Parcel Service--a company that happens to be one of the major employers of nightworkers...
...Mets reminded me of the Boston Red Sox because they played on emotion; they didn't know how to quit. A Subway Series would have been absolutely nuts. The good part would have been being able to sleep in the same bed every night. The bad part would have been trying to get tickets to satisfy everyone. My wife is one of 16 children...