Word: stressful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Like so many genetic discoveries these days, the new findings are likely to be a mixed blessing. A screening test could identify people at high risk of osteoporosis even at birth. That knowledge would provide relief for some parents and their offspring -- and certain worry for others. But researchers stress that having the B form of the vitamin D receptor gene does not doom people to a severe case of the disease...
...don’t know who decides what purpose it serves.” Judith Phair, last year’s president of the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals, the Public Relations Society of America, said that modern trends in university public relations stress openness and credibility. “If all you’re doing is telling people what you want them to know, you’re not doing a complete job,” she said. “What is so important on the public relations side is creating that...
...Saris and other overseers stress that the group focused on refining, not reforming, the University’s present governance structure...
...have a tie.”At the Law School, Roberts became the managing editor of the Law Review, where he was known as a fair and honest boss and a hard worker who was never seen as ideological.“Whatever the hours, he never got stressed or angry,” Charles E. Davidow, who was treasurer of the Law Review when Roberts was managing editor, said last summer. “He was just the type of person you want in a high-stress job where you have to spend time together.”After...
...what should we do about our food cravings? It may help to shift them in healthier directions: to chocolate sorbet from chocolate ice cream, for example. And to the extent that stress does drive our cravings, it can't hurt to practice some techniques to neutralize stress, like progressive relaxation or simple breathing exercises. Depriving yourself often backfires. A better strategy might be to indulge moderately and occasionally, perhaps as a way of rewarding good behavior...