Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chief role a different definition of what those interests are and where our enemies lie. While America for a century has fielded armies to defend itself against hostile nations with ever more deadly weaponry, Gore believes the future threats will pose dangers that cannot be measured by throw weight--a poisoned environment, vanishing resources, refugees, disease, hunger, crime and terrorism...
...expressing myself face to face," says Steele, 36, who says she feels less inhibited when typing onscreen. Elizabeth, 27, a graduate student in Southern California who has hidden her eating disorders from her family for more than 14 years, says online therapy helps her think less about her weight and more about the feelings that cause her to binge several times a week. "Right now I feel like I weigh 600 lbs., so seeing someone in person would make me really uncomfortable," she says. "I feel much safer this...
...only a matter of time before weight-loss drugs and the Internet got together. They're made for each other. More and more of us go online and, perhaps partly as a result, more and more of us meet the clinical definition of obesity (about 66 million Americans today weigh 30% more than they should). So it was no surprise that sales of Xenical, the diet pill that just won FDA approval, exploded across the Net last week. There is, it seems, no shortage of Doritos-gobbling geeks who would prefer to fight flab without doing anything more strenuous than...
...administrators, starting from the president's office down, should take a lesson from the customer service successes that already exist on campus. Harvard Dining Services, libraries and computer services all draw consistent praise for the way that they treat their customers. Why? Because they solicit and give serious weight to student feedback, while at the same time empowering employees with the authority to make substantial changes...
...administrators, starting from the president's office down, should take a lesson from the customer service successes that already exist on campus. Harvard Dining Services, libraries and computer services all draw consistent praise for the way that they treat their customers. Why? Because they solicit and give serious weight to student feedback, while at the same time empowering employees with the authority to make substantial changes...