Word: switches
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...numbers that identify women’s clothing sizes but do not correspond to any actual part of a woman’s body. Obviously, wearing a size two does not mean that one’s waist is two inches in circumference. Instead, clothing companies should make the switch to the practices of men’s sizes—base the numbers on waist and height measurements. That way, women will have a consistent, concrete basis through which to understand their sizes. Additionally, before getting any bright ideas about aspiring to a size “subzero...
...health care. One immediate change has been a move away from fixed co-payments for such medical expenses as doctor visits and prescription drugs. That's being supplanted by coinsurance, under which the covered person pays a percentage of the expense. Nearly half of companies will have made the switch by next year. "The idea is to get employees to think before heading to the doctor for a cold," says Columbia University professor of health management Sherry Glied, "to shop around a little for the best price...
...stops? The U.S. official says the first switch was probably a handoff to a second group, which would hold him and claim the ransom. "It's not unusual for more than one group to be involved," says the official. "As in any organized business, there's specialization. Some gangs do the snatching and then pass on their captive, for a fee, to another gang." The money changing hands at this stage may be no more than a few hundred dollars; the muffled conversation Waddah heard at the first house may have been a quick round of bargaining...
...That’s when things got interesting. Pizzotti got the start over O’Hagan, activated for Week 6, but when the Crimson quickly fell behind, 17-7, in a first quarter marred by Pizzotti’s 4-of-9 with an interception, Murphy made the switch to begin the second. And, in fact, the move looked brilliant for a while, as the quicker, more elusive O’Hagan rallied Harvard to seize a 28-24 lead. But the rust showed late, as O’Hagan threw two picks trying to catch up after Princeton?...
...Louis's famous Gateway Arch with pink floodlights to highlight breast cancer awareness month because the rangers feared it would create a precedent for other national monuments, Talent passed a Senate bill authorizing him to do so. Earlier this month, Laura Bush flew in from Washington to flip the switch on the pink lights. Talent told onlookers, "Soon we will be able to find a cure to this life-threatening disease that affects nearly two million women in the United States...