Word: staticity
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...none of the above, but according to a study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control, something is turning '90s college-age adults into smokers at a higher rate than their '80s counterparts. Despite success in some population groups, adult smoking rates in the 1990s have remained essentially static, thanks to large numbers of 18-to-24-year-olds who are picking up the habit. Between 1965 and 1990, the percentage of Americans who smoked plummeted from 44 percent to 24.7 percent, a drop the CDC likes to cite as "one of the 10 most notable public health achievements...
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...Wherever I live, I throw a blanket over any TV or computer screen not in use. Nobody 80 years ago had to deal with this ugly glass orb staring all day long, bloodshot with potential demands and static, so why should I? Why doesn't it bother people more...
When he comes to Harvard, Murray said he hopes to augment these experiments by examining the way cellular structures react to evolutionary pressures, rather than focus solely on mitosis in a static environment...
...answer sought was that characters in TV shows are static, unchanging, while characters in novels are dynamic, evolving. People in TV shows (and especially in sitcoms) are threatened by change but rarely succumb to it unless the show is on its way out. While characters in novels are supposed to be real people, a good TV character is an effective caricature. That's why TV shows can't last forever: the premise will wear out. That's the first reason why "The Simpsons" is suffering: it's been on the air too long. And I think the writers know...