Word: salient
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...Kwong is not afraid to break with either affiliation if he sees the need to do so—though he once edited the Harvard Salient, he later resigned from the publication and lambasted it in an editorial in The Harvard Crimson for being representative of a “fringe minority” of the conservative movement. [SEE CLARIFICATION BELOW...
...trade schemes can do much to mitigate the short-term effects of climate change. But it should be remembered that, although the most salient concern of the legislation in the U.S. is to quickly lower the aggregate amount of emissions with hurting the economy, this should not be the only concern. The moral and cultural dimensions of climate change must be also addressed. The only way up from the global fall from grace is to work together and consider what’s fair and important in the long...
...babies at 8 months, says Dawson, who adds, "What we are doing is teaching the parents how to structure interactions to promote eye contact and babbling." Parents learn, for example, to engage their babies in settings where there are few distractions so that facial expressions and language are more salient. They also learn strategies to calm infants who tend to become agitated and stressed by social activity. The intervention is playful in spirit, says Dawson, adding, "Parents get very confident and are able to learn this quickly." The hope, she says, is that for some significant portion of children...
...wrong with applying for jobs in consulting or finance. These areas often promise highly paid, intellectually stimulating positions and can be good options for individuals who do not yet have a clear direction of where they want to go in their careers. However, OCR makes these options much more salient and gives them much more weight than it ought to; it is comparably much easier to find and apply for these jobs than for jobs that are not listed through OCR or on the e-recruiting website...
...have to pin the rap somewhere then, forget any one species or country and blame simple biology. But regardless of whence the virus came, the more salient question is, Where will it go? That's what concerns doctors as they work to stem the epidemic and make sure healthy people stay that...