Word: shifts
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...that give big soda companies exclusive placement in school vending machines in return for cash payments. School boards from Seattle to New York City are reconsidering their partnerships with soda vendors. Thanks in part to the publicity generated by the initial lawsuit against McDonald's, "there has been a shift in perception," said Marion Nestle, chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University, "from seeing obesity only as a personal or family responsibility to seeing it as a societal problem with societal solutions...
...waits as the tomato sauce heats under a cheese melter, with Okura and Matz hovering like anxious trainers at the edge of a boxing ring. "You don't have to go so fast," Okura says, giving him a calming pat on the shoulders. He and Matz then shift gears. Instead of having him blanch the pasta, they want Marchan to finish cooking it in the sauté pan and then assemble the layers. His lasagna looks messier than the chef's version. Okura checks the clock. "Eight minutes," he says. "Eight minutes is a long time on a busy night." Even...
...find what's called a single-nucleotide polymorphism, which is a single change in the DNA, a single base." Sometimes a single-nucleotide polymorphism (or SNP, pronounced snip) leads to the production of a slightly different version of a protein or enzyme. Sometimes that kind of change causes a shift in an individual's biochemistry or metabolism, but most of the time it doesn...
...shift obsessions from fat to carbs to trans fats...
...little earlier. Students will be much happier.9. Dining Services. Dining hall hours should be staggered across Houses to give students more time to get a meal. Rather than have every House open later, we should have some open at the current hours and have the rest shift their schedules back by at least an hour. Yes, some students will eat more meals in other Houses as a result, but the benefits of having more flexibility while not using up more manhours will greatly outweigh the costs. A test run would not be hard to execute. 10. Expos. Expository Writing...