Word: standardism
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...ensure a climate agreeable to civilization. That calls for a sizable reduction from the current level, which is 385 parts ppm.Titled simply “350,” the project aims to influence policy-makers at an international climate conference in Copenhagen next December to adopt that standard as the global benchmark.“Our plan for this year is to communicate this number everywhere around the world,” McKibben said Wednesday. “We picked a number because it is simple...It travels easily across linguistic boundaries and holds politicians to one thing...
...example, while Brigham receives $24,500 for a standard angioplasty, the lesser-known Metro-West Medical Center in Framingham receives $17,000 for the same procedure, according to analyses performed by the Globe’s Spotlight Team...
...misguided 1995 release, “Singles,” the disc includes the edited singles, rather than the versions that appeared on the band’s studio albums. The tracks are arranged in chronological order, unlike many of the disjointed compilations that have previously been released. The standard of the disc is obviously phenomenal. The worst songs (“Shakespeare’s Sister,” “Sheila Take a Bow”) are very good; the best (“How Soon Is Now,” “There...
Sarah Palin became a reflective postscript to the Bush presidency. W.'s compassionate conservatism segued into Palin's hockey-momism--both deceptive shrouds for a disinterested, narrow-minded belief system and jingoistic worldview. She emerged as the standard bearer of empty-vessel politics, which, following our next era of national complacency, may triumphantly return...
...kind of followed the pretty standard progression as far as not doing much as a freshman, sophomore getting in there a little bit, junior trying to push it a bit more, being more constant, and senior a little more,” Ajayi says. “But you know I value every aspect of everything over the course of my career...