Word: sure
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...Burger King, Starbucks and Au Bon Pain to see if they accessed in-store nutrition data. The info was not on the menu board but in a pamphlet, on a wall poster or an on-site computer. Only six, or 0.1%, of the patrons looked at the numbers. Sure, a few more may have already studied the information. But six out of 4,311? If restaurants are sincere about health, they need to put calorie counts on the menu, straight in the customers' sight lines. (See how many calories are in the Starbucks Hazelnut Signature Hot Chocolate...
...would create a single regulatory agency, a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. This agency will have only one mission--to protect consumers--and have the authority and accountability to make sure that consumer-protection regulations are written fairly and enforced vigorously. Consumer protection will have an independent seat at the table in our financial regulatory system. By consolidating accountability in one place, we will reduce gaps in federal supervision and enforcement, drive greater clarity in the information consumers receive around products they are sold, set higher standards for those who sell those products and promote consistent regulation across the system...
...Temperatures and sea levels are rising, rainstorms are strengthening, and snow cover is shrinking, according to the report by a consortium of federal agencies and research groups. One potential casualty: maple-syrup production, which may be displaced from New England to Canada as temperatures rise. The sobering report is sure to draw notice on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are debating a landmark "cap and trade" emissions proposal...
...romantic comedies (Two Weeks Notice), dramas (The Lake House) and female-bonding weepies (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood). Yet every year or so, Bullock goes back in front of the camera, trying to prove there's a place in movies for a star actress with a light, sure touch. And each time, her fans show up, hoping this will be the film that is as winning as they know she can be. (Watch "The Never-Ending Role of Sandra Bullock...
...dictator!"--a gesture last seen three decades ago. When the regime blocked the Internet and cell-phone networks, demonstrators organized their rallies by word of mouth. It was democracy in action. "The amazing thing is that this movement has no leader," said Sima, 40, a book editor in Tehran. "Sure, people support [opposition presidential candidate Mir-Hossein] Mousavi, but the real reason they're here is to protest against the fraud...