Word: switching
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...comedian who fronts BBC chat shows and game shows. Norton "is paid a lot of money by the BBC," says Stuart, but "what we're doing here is show business and everything relies on a small number of talented people who are stars. They're the reason people will switch on." He adds: "If Lord Reith, a cranky old Presbyterian, could use the entertainment word, then other people should be able...
...Changing a showerhead takes only a few minutes, and, because the program is being implemented in phases, we hope that Harvard would be able to adjust its purchase of new showerheads so that money will not be wasted on unwanted ones. That being said, the University should make the switch to green showerheads an “opt-out” choice. We expect that the number of students who are discontent enough to make such a request will be low, meaning that an opt-out policy will save Harvard almost as much water as originally predicted while keeping students...
...genial visit in 2000 to the archconservative Senator Jesse Helms, during which Bono communed with the septuagenarian politician, yielded an appropriation of $435million for debt relief for Africa. It wouldn't have happened, say the authors, had it not been for Bono's on-the-spot ability to switch "to a completely different language," abandoning his fact-laden pitch to talk religion with Helms...
...maybe, except that he and a Seattle school pal did that once before. The ATA could grow to 350 dishes, but it may not have to. If it gets us asking questions that go beyond the usual noise of the news, it has done its job even before its switch is thrown...
...targeted publicity is necessary–President Bush ignored the plight of millions of uninsured children by vetoing the bill. The President, in only his fourth veto in nearly 7 years, claimed that the proposal would be too expensive and might encourage those families covered by private insurance to switch to the governmental program. The former is simply a reflection of Bush’s misplaced fiscal priorities, the latter a statement of his lack of concern for working families and his irrational hatred for the public sector. A program such as SCHIP, designed to save families money on health...