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...those millions of sedans, pickups and SUVs have reached the end of their useful life. America is becoming a rolling junkyard; the average car is 9.4 years old, a new record, says Buscher. "Light trucks are 7.5 years old. They haven't been that old for 10 years," he adds. In two years, says an industry economist, 35 million cars now on the road will be at least 10 years old. There's not enough duct tape in America to hold that much junk together. Even if they don't conk out, keeping these beaters going becomes an increasingly expensive...
Moffo then passed along guidelines and a sample script from the Consortium of Behavioral Scientists, a secret advisory group of 29 of the nation's leading behaviorists. The key guideline was a simple message: "A Record Turnout Is Expected." That's because studies by psychologist Robert Cialdini and other group members had found that the most powerful motivator for hotel guests to reuse towels, national-park visitors to stay on marked trails and citizens to vote is the suggestion that everyone is doing it. "People want to do what they think others will do," says Cialdini, author of the best...
Antismoking advocates tout this month's record increase in the federal cigarette-tax rate, which on April 1 spiked from 39˘ to $1.01 per pack, as a move that will bolster the federal budget while saving an estimated 900,000 lives. Supporters say the measure will stop 2 million kids from lighting up and spur about 1 million adults to quit, but the sharp hike has some smokers fuming. Cigarette taxes, detractors argue, are a way for governments to line their coffers by legislating personal choice--and a prime example of a regressive "sin tax," the term often used...
...economic downturn may have taken its toll on Harvard’s endowment, faculty, and janitorial staff, but it certainly hasn’t hurt admissions. This year the College accepted a record-low seven percent of applicants out of from 29,112 aspiring candidates. We congratulate the Class of 2013. Praise is also due to the admissions office for choosing such an extremely diverse group. The accepted class includes a record 10.9 percent Latinos, 10.8 percent African Americans, and 17.6 percent Asian Americans and comes from a record 82 different countries. Almost a quarter of the class is eligible...
...dialogue has begun," said Wallis. "Well, that dialogue is about to get a whole lot louder." Limbaugh, longtime champion of conservative media, announced his acceptance of the invitation on his daily radio show. Interrupted occasionally by call-ins of incredulous listeners, Limbaugh detailed months of off-the-record conversations with Wallis during which the two forged a deep friendship despite political, theological, philosophical, ideological, ecological, anthropological, eschatological, and soteriological differences." [April Fools...