Word: standardization
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...participants were asked to answer a standard questionnaire that measured optimistic tendencies based on responses to statements like "In uncertain times, I expect the worst." Those scoring highest in optimism on this scale were more likely to be alive eight years later, while those with the lowest, most pessimistic scores were more likely to have died from any cause, including heart disease and cancer...
From there, a swap unfolds like a standard real estate transaction. Both sides have to be approved for loans. On Dec. 30, the Petroccos sold their townhome to Shan for $197,000 and bought her house for $289,000. The Petroccos now pay $500 more than they used to each month on their mortgage. Shan pays $550 less a month and squirreled away the profit...
...Rush Limbaugh was singled out for prosecution because of who he is. We believe the state attorney's office is applying a double standard." - Roy Black, Limbaugh's attorney during the prescription drug scandal, to the Associated Press...
...will convene monthly in cities across the country to confront the problems faced by average Americans. It's an admirable goal - in light of rising costs, stagnant wages and job cuts, a Pew Research study found that 78% of self-described middle-class Americans have trouble maintaining their current standard of living...
...Africans, in the Central African Republic and Congo as well as Sudan and Uganda. "That," said African Union chairman Jean Ping in February, "is a problem." Asking why no cases had emerged from conflicts in Gaza, the Caucasus, Colombia or Iraq, Ping said, "We don't want this double standard." (See pictures of Sudan's slow-motion tragedy...