Word: waits
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...major barriers for screening is that you need to go to a screening center, you have to wait, you have to go back," says Sankaranarayanan. "Many of these women are poor women who have to go and work in the field every day." And many do not understand that cervical cancer can be deadly. "There are a lot of false assumptions," he says. "People aren't aware of the severity of the disease...
...want to do in other than economy class," says Dale Moss, OpenSkies' effervescent managing director. Business-class flyers to Amsterdam and Paris pay as much as $8,000 round-trip on legacy carriers such as KLM and Northwest. For that money, you get to board first; then you wait for the other 200 passengers to crowd in after you. Asks Moss: "Would you rather be on an airplane that has two-by-two seating that takes, what, 15 minutes to board, or would you rather fly a loaded 777?" (See time.com/travel for travel tips, stories and advice...
...Harvard is one of the few schools around the country that turns away more than it accepts, so now you have perspective,” explained Steinberg. The blog features six high school seniors who are currently receiving admissions decisions. The students discuss their reactions to acceptance, wait list, and rejection letters. The blog also aims to educate applicants and their families about the financial aid process. Several students on the blog discuss how the aid packages will have substantial influence on their ultimate choice of where to matriculate. “My impression of the mission of the blog...
...nonbinding, like the overall budget plan - speaks to how intense the energy-reform maneuvering is already. The fact that the amendments - several more of which are in the pipeline - are coming through the Senate shows the impatience of members of the upper chamber, since the Senate will most likely wait for the House to act rather than draft its own bill. And there remain many holes to be filled in the House bill. The Waxman-Markey bill, for instance, doesn't tackle nuclear power, a key issue for Republicans. And it doesn't set specific timetables for greenhouse-gas reductions...
...poverty, broken government promises and feelings of marginalization took hold of the Sunni community, all al-Qaeda and its allies had to do was wait. "The coalition and the Iraqi government told the people that the reason for their poverty was the insurgents. But when the people became Sahwa, their poverty was not alleviated," the insurgent source says. "They realized that their poverty was due to the Americans and the government. That's what's happening in western Baghdad...