Word: wonderingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Little wonder many investors are rushing for the exits. But there were signs of trouble even before the onset of the bear market. Earlier this year, Spectrem Group, a Chicago-based consultancy that tracks the habits of Americans worth between $5 million and $25 million, reported that the wealthy were dropping hedge funds from their portfolios. In 2005, Spectrem said, 38% of high-net-worth individuals invested in the funds; by 2007, the proportion had fallen...
...spectacular water table, with balls and hoses and a Medusa's head of tubes. Every school day includes half an hour of "glow time," in which the shades are pulled, the black lights go on, and heretofore inconspicuous paintings and sculptures come to life. And there's the Wonder Room...
...Wonder Room has a disco-like light-up floor, into which games are programmed, as well as a climbing wall and padding for the hurt-free throwing about of one's person. Children are allowed to choose which activities they want to pursue, and initially, says kindergarten teacher Nancy Simko, they all scramble for the Wonder Room. But with weekly visits from the yoga specialist, the therapeutic-ball specialist and the puppeteer, the kids are soon tempted away...
...Experts wonder whether the trial lasted long enough to uncover any benefit on breast-cancer rates. Breast cancer typically develops over a long period, anywhere from five to 20 years, and researchers believe that vitamin D's effect on curbing cancer-cell growth may be most powerful in the disease's early stages. That means that the cancers picked up in the seven-year WHI study may have already progressed beyond any potential to be influenced by the vitamin D supplementation. "This is an important study, and a well-done study, but the major question of whether vitamin...
...locally here?” Bumatai asked. “Um, I was thinking on the national level,” Chris said. Bumatai kept clapping and guffawing at Chris’ answers, but the host’s teasing was underlaid with a sense almost of wonder. Could this kid be for real? “I’ve actually wanted to be president since I’ve been about three years old,” Chris told Bumatai. Then he tossed back his head and laughed at the host’s response...