Search Details

Word: secondings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Companies have long promoted healthier behavior by subsidizing gym memberships and smoking-cessation classes. But several private and public employers have started tying financial incentives to their health-insurance plans. North Carolina this year became the second state to approve an increase in out-of-pocket expenses for state workers who smoke and don't try to quit or who are morbidly obese and don't try to lose weight. Alabama was the first to pass what critics call a fat fee, in 2008, and several state insurance plans have started imposing a $25 monthly surcharge on smokers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fat Fees and Smoker Surcharges: Tough-Love Health Incentives | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

What factors do you consider when accepting a movie project? -Grace Guevara, Ontario, Canada Would I go watch this movie? That's probably the first thing I think about. The second is, What's the challenge? What's the risk? I think the risk for me in this role is that it doesn't really rely on anything I've used in the past. There wasn't a particular skill set I could fall back on, like singing or dancing or basketball. So I was forced to grow in other areas. The other actors in the movie are all incredibly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Zac Efron | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

Leading the sabre for the second week in a row was sophomore Valentin Staller, who spurred his sabre team to wins over Sacred Heart, 7-2, Penn State, 5-4, Princeton, 5-4, and Vassar, 8-1, with its best win blanking North Carolina...

Author: By Melissa L. Schellberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fencers Duel at Harvard Invitational | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

Sophomore co-captains Noam Mills and Caroline Vloka led the women’s team for the second week in a row, helping the Crimson defeat all six of its opponents, including Penn State. Harvard just squeaked by the defending national champions by one bout...

Author: By Melissa L. Schellberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fencers Duel at Harvard Invitational | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...Song, a second year tutor, said that Harris respects tutors’ autonomy and supports them both in their duties as tutors and in their own academic pursuits...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cabot Masters Announce Plans To Resign Citing Heavy Workload | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 418 | 419 | 420 | 421 | 422 | 423 | 424 | 425 | 426 | 427 | 428 | 429 | 430 | 431 | 432 | 433 | 434 | 435 | 436 | 437 | 438 | Next