Word: sweeter
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...second episode Ed represents an aging magician suing over the theft of his act, or "intellectual property" - the same phrase that NBC invoked to screw Letterman out of much of his act when he took his show to CBS in 1993. "Ed" is sweet. But revenge is sweeter...
This place sounds sweeter every time FM gets more details about it. And it still doesn’t open until February...
...SUBTLER--AND OFTEN FAR SWEETER--than the risk-taking modeling that occurs among all sibs is the gender modeling that plays out between opposite-sex ones. Brothers and sisters can be fierce de-identifiers. In a study of adolescent boys and girls in central Pennsylvania, the boys unsurprisingly scored higher in such traits as independence and competitiveness while girls did better in empathic characteristics like sensitivity and helpfulness. What was less expected is that when kids grow up with an opposite-sex sibling, such exposure doesn't temper gender-linked traits but accentuates them. Both boys and girls hew closer...
Cheap junk food has never been hard to find - it overflows in supermarkets, corner stores and even gas stations. But Americans' burgeoning interest in healthier eating has prompted a surge in the availability of healthier foods, which have long battled for supermarket shelf space with saltier, sweeter alternatives. Fruits and veggies are being packaged in new forms, without spoiling their nutritional value. Last year manufacturers introduced more than 400 whole-grain products, according to ProductScan research, and hundreds more are coming out this year. Some are just slightly less junkier version of sugar-loaded snacks, but others are worth trying...
...nature, the sweeter the food, the greater the calories. Humans have adapted over millions of years to seek out food that tastes sweet, and not just for survival. Eating sweets can reduce levels of stress hormones, calm babies and relieve pain. Some experts suspect, however, that our desire for sweet things has been reinforced--and perhaps even intensified--by our environment. Susan Schiffman, a professor of medical psychology at Duke University Medical Center, has found that African Americans and Hispanics like their food significantly sweeter than the rest of the population--a result she suspects is from campaigns that market...