Word: shoehorned
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...We’re very happy they made this change,” agreed Robert G. Bonstein ’04, president of the satire magazine SWIFT. “The old application was confusing and hard to shoehorn...
Finally, set realistic goals. Some people find that walking at a specific time each day works best for them. Others shoehorn walking into their day by making minor adjustments in their daily routines, such as parking the car a few blocks away from the grocery store, taking the stairs instead of the escalator or prodding officemates to break for a walk rather than for a cup of coffee...
...across Asia, risk awareness is thin, and no pan-Asian transport body exists to call for precautionary measures, as the European Commission did in January. During the Haj season when tens of thousands go to Mecca, Pakistan International Airways routinely refits aircraft to shoehorn in as many seats as possible. In China, Li Ru, spokeswoman for Air China, puts her faith in passenger size. "We are shorter and smaller than Westerners, so we're less uncomfortable in airplane seats," she says. For those airlines that are taking action, the mood is aggressively defensive. Following the WHO conference, the Association...
...Harvard, Richard A. Nenneman `51 wrote his honors thesis on Octavius Brooks Frothingham, a New York religious figure who converted to the Christian Science faith in a search for religion that would not shoehorn him into a specific creed...
Most important, the A.H.A.'s new guidelines don't shoehorn everyone into a one-size-fits-all diet. You will find very detailed dietary information for folks who already have heart disease or diabetes, or who need to bring down their level of triglycerides, another fatty substance found in the blood. We've always known that what you eat can have a profound effect on your health. Now you won't need a calculator to figure out what's best...