Word: unknowns
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...longer it’s there the more likely someone or something will step on it and further contaminate it. Also as time increases, perhaps the certainty that you know that you dropped it and it’s your food decreases. Eating floor food of unknown origin sounds at least unpleasant and probably unhealthy to me. [But n]o, I think food picks up as many germs/debris in 0.1 sec as it does in 5 sec or 50 sec or 500 sec.” “Unless you are in a place where serious pathogens are likely...
...letter, Houghton wrote—as did Stone nearly six years ago—that the feedback the committee receives will be a “critical element” of the search process. The extent to which the outside recommendations factored into the last search is unknown, as the committee’s records are sealed in Harvard’s archives until 2071. Like Stone, Houghton wrote that the committee is seeking views on the “personal and professional qualities” that the next president should possess, as well as views...
...each episode carrying a few special, unskippable commercial breaks. But as with the iTunes deal, Disney execs have gone ahead without approvals from affiliates (which carry the shows on local television outlets) or the various guilds and unions who provide talent and crews for the programming. Moreover, it's unknown how the new approach will impact ratings (the test comes in the middle of sweeps), paid downloads, DVD sales or future syndication sales...
...Mansfield’s definition of manliness, “confidence in the face of risk,” explains why men are disproportionately likely to be leaders, pioneers, and heroes. The manly man does not hesitate to command authority in times of crisis, venture into the unknown, or put his life on the line in defense of a cause. In its most sublime form, manliness becomes philosophical courage, or the willingness to challenge dogma with new formulations of truth. Women are not incapable of manifesting these traits—Mansfield cites Margaret Thatcher as an example...
...least half of the city?s 460,000 residents are still miles away in exile. The pundits put Nagin in a runoff with Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, whose father was the city?s last white mayor in the 1970s, or Audubon Institute CEO Ron Forman. But Nagin, an unknown cable company executive before he became mayor, was running fifth in the polls when he won last time. ?Truth is, the campaigns don?t have polling data,? says Elliott Stonecipher, a political analyst and demographer in Shreveport. "If there is a racial aberration in voting, all bets...