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Toilet paper manufacturers are facing a great challenge in promoting its sales.

The Cleveland Clinic, a hospital operator, has reorganised its medical staff into teams to focus on particular treatment areas; consultants, nurses and others collaborate closely instead of being separated by speciality ( ' , 专业) and rank.

Teamwork improves with time: America's National Transportation Safety Board found that 73% of the incidents in its civil-aviation database occurred on a crew's first day of flying together.

Special offers would promote its sales.

Some scholars think teamwork may not always be reliable, despite its potential to work wonders.

Its capacity actually knows no limits.

In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describes how the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.

If it is hard enough to define a team's membership, agreeing on its purpose is harder still.

But current studies are beginning to place greater emphasis on the conditions under which we forget, as its importance begins to be more appreciated.

Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot.

Vietnam banned its exports for several months for the same reason.

Trigger its built-in alarm system at once.

Its quality is usually guaranteed.

Its production depends too much on technologyThey enjoyed cooking as well as eating.

As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how satisfied its residents or their family members are.

The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures and then draws its conclusions.

In its latest update on global employment trends, the agency says projections of the number of unemployed people this year range from 210 million to nearly 240 million people.

To enhance morale, one company asks its employees to identify their fellow workers when starting their computers.

The team at Frontpoint addresses the issue in a blog on its site, citing their own jam protection software and claiming that there aren't any documented cases of successful jam attack since the company began offering wireless security sensors in the 1980s.

Over the past three decades, the industry has made some efforts to improve the quality of its offerings.

Its negative effects more than cancel out its positive effects.

Its effects on the global economy go against existing economic laws.

It is difficult to crack SimpliSafe as its system keeps changing.

In Venezuela, collapsing oil prices have sent its economy into free-fall.

Even if they could, SimpliSafe claims that its system is always evolving, and that it varies slightly from system to system, which means there wouldn't be a universal magic formula for cracking it.

Cracker Jacks has been gamifying its snack food by putting a small prize inside for more than 100 years, he adds, and the turn-ofthe- century steel magnate ( ' , 巨头) Charles Schwab is said to have often come into his factory and written the number of tons of steel produced on the past shift on the factory floor, thus motivating the next shift of workers to beat the previous one.

Contrary to its title, the center is a clearing house ( ' , 信息交流中心) for using technology in classrooms and in online courses.

By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.

A gamification strategy that is not sufficiently thought through or well tailored to its players may engage people for a little while, but it will not motivate people in the long term.

Yet each is an independent land, with its own government, trade, and customs.

They help them relate their choice to its intended use.

Its leaves are purple and brown.

A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations.

There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce a better in its place.

Its success is hard to copy anywhere else.

Its science departments are not nearly as good.

Its location is not as attractive to rich people.

Its fame in high technology is incomparable.

It is a thing of no great difficulty, according to Plutarch, to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.

Even as a satire ( ' , 讽刺 ), it seems disgusting and shocking in America with its child-centered culture.

Criticism, at its best, is deeply personal, and gets to the heart of why we write the way we do.

A look at what goes on in most classrooms these days makes it abundantly clear that when people think about education, they are not thinking about what it feels like to be a child, or what makes childhood an important and valuable stage of life in its own right.

Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company’s decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token £1 failed.

Ifyou can speak the language, it’s easier to get to know thecountry and its people.

Cairo is known for its overcrowded roads, irregular driving practices and shaky old vehicles, but also for its air pollution.

"It is a thing of no great difficulty," according to Plutarch," to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."

A Moon Express representative declined to comment on the story, but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal.

A New Jersey black bear that walks upright on its two back legs and has become a social media darling has re- emerged and has been captured on video months after its last sighting.

A new study finds that McDonald's posted its slowest drive-through times since this survey was first conducted 15 years ago.

A South Korean city designed for the future takes on a life of its own.

Actually, its the beginning of next month for the job, but the university needs a decision by the end of the week.

Andorra is also known for its excellent skiing locations.

As a result, the museum plans to expand the hall, as well as add to its ancient birds collection.

As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how sa

As it went up, people gathered on the sidewalk below to take photos and cheer for its safety.

But there's widespread disagreement over whether breakfast should keep its top spot in the hierarchy of meals.

Contrary to its title, the center is a clearing house (信息交流中心) for using technology in classrooms and in online courses.

Cracker Jacks has been "gamifying" its snack food by putting a small prize inside for more than 100 years, he adds, and the turn-of-the-century steel magnate (巨头 Charles Schwab is said to have often come into his factory and written the number of tons of

Crews had the fire under control in about 45 minutes and managed to contain the fire to its point of origin.

David Hunt, an associate professor in sociology at Augusta University, which has rolled out digital textbooks across its math and psychology departments, told BuzzFeed News that he understands the utility of using systems that require access codes.

Defense minister Farhat Horchani said last week that German and American security experts were expected to come to help Tunisia devise a new electronic video-supervision system on its border with Libya.

During its flight it reached 3000 feet and performed a series of gentle turns all over a safe area.

Even as a satire (讽刺), it seems disgusting and shocking in America with its child-centered culture.

Even if they could, Simpli Safe claims that its system is always evolving, and that it varies slightly from system to system, which means there wouldn't be a universal magic formula for cracking it.

For example, it doesn't have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian and German for example.

For more than a decade, FedEx has supported the American Red Cross in its effort to get emergency supplies to areas affected by disasters, both domestically and internationally.

France isn't the first country to kick around the idea of paving its roads with solar panels.

Hops, for example, which give many a modern beer its bitter flavor, are a relatively recent addition to the beverage.

However, its new 10-year plan makes clear it believes it still has a long way to go.

If all goes well, the company says it could have the feature in all of its hotels by next year.

If you can speak the language, it's easier to get to know the country and its people.

In 1958, Britain celebrated the opening of its first motorway—the Preston Bypass.

In a 2011 USPS case study, the agency emphasized its massive infrastructure as a "unique federal asset" to be called upon in a disaster or terrorist attack.

In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describe show the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.

In Southern California, Loma Linda University School of Medicine is offering specialized training for its resident physicians in lifestyle Medicine—that is a formal specialty in using food to treat disease.

In the United States, though, each state makes its own decision.

Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo chairman, said the plan to make its products healthier was important for the company's growth.

Initiatives also include efforts to reduce its environmental impact, water consumption and materials used in packaging by 2025.

It also has a special innovation facility for its employees.

Its digital course materials save students up to 60% compared to traditional printed textbooks, the company added.

Its key objective is to place at the centre of recovery efforts measures that would generate high levels of employment and provide basic social protection for the most vulnerable.

It's still in its early stages, but I think it's shifting around not what kids learn but how they learn.

Japan says fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports.

liechtenstein uses the same money as its neighbor Switzerland, but it has been an independent country since the 1860s.

Local media reports suggest Calbee and its main rival Koike-Ya are halting almost 50 products.

Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company's decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token £1 failed.

McGraw Hill, which controls 21% of the higher education market, reported in March that its digital content sales exceeded print sales for the first time in 2015.

Monaco became familiar to Americans when its ruler, Prince Rainier married the American actress Grace Kelly.

One thing about the moon many people don't know is that it has a lot of garbage on its surface left over from human space exploration.

Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12,000 customer complaints, many relating to its monthly data cap and overage charges.

PepsicCo's plan for its foods and drinks is based on guidelines from the World Health Organization, which last week backed using taxes on sparkling drinks to reduce sugar consumption.

PepsiCo claims a packet of its chips now contains less salt than a slice of white bread.

PepsiCo did not say exactly how much it planned to invest to reach its goals.

Researchers can study the garbage left on the moon to see how its materials weathered the radiation and vacuum of space over time.

So large is the Pacific, covering 30% of the planet's surface, that the specific energy generated by its warming is enough to touch off a series of weather changes around the world.

Society has to change its habits, she added.

Sometimes its employees are released from their daily jobs for weeks and spend their time interacting in the innovation facility instead.

Songdo is a stone's throw from South Korea's Incheon airport, its main international hub(枢纽).

Songdo's popularity lies more in its quality of life than its business attraction.

Starting April 28 of this year, the National Museum of Natural history will begin renovating its fossil hall.

is becoming increasingly popularbenefits sharers and users alikemakes researchers successfulsaves both money and laborMacy's reported its sales plunged 5.

cut the salary of senior executivesrelocate some of its chain storesadjust its promotion strategiesreduce the size of its staffTo experiment on its new business concept.

To promote sales of its products by lowering prices.

This prompted the company to cut its forecasts for the full fourth quarter.

They are not as serious in its online stores.

The state's facilities management project team is still in the process of developing its business justification and expects to have that completed and available to the public at the end of February, Martin said.

Teams of four students make a video illustrating a math problem and its real-world application.

Sales dropped sharply in its physical stores.

Last year, the Royal Society in London said in its report that scientists need to shift away from a research culture where data is viewed as a private preserve.

Its retail sales exceeded those of T.J.Maxx.

Its flagship stores in major U.S. cities depend heavily on international tourist spending, which shrank at many retailers due to a strong dollar.

Its designers were not high-end with supplementary lines.

It will slash staffing at its fleet of 770 stores, a move affecting some 3,000 employees.

It helped Bluemercury establish its position worldwide.

It filled its stores with abundant supply of merchandise.

In the past few years, MathCounts added two new middle school programs to try to diversify its participant pool—the National Math Club and the Math Video Challenge.

However, it's clear that Macy's believes its troubles run deeper than a temporary aberration ( ' , 偏离) off the thermometer.

For example, the United Arab Emirates has endorsed an ambitious target to draw 24% of its primary energy consumption from renewable sources by 2021.

By raising relative demand for clean energy sources, a carbon price would also help align the market return to clean-energy innovation with its social return, spurring the refinement of existing technologies and the development of new ones.

At a time when young beauty shoppers are often turning to Sephora or Ulta instead of department store beauty counters, Macy's hopes Bluemercury will help strengthen its position in the category.

According to Mark Saul, the director of competitions for the Mathematical Association of America, not a single African-American or Hispanic student—and only a handful of girls—has ever made it to the Math Olympiad team in its 50 years of existence.

When the health insurance industry was still cooperating in reform efforts, its trade group offered to provide standardized forms for automated processing.

Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

Unilever recently ran an interactive campaign for its Axe deodorant ( ' , 除臭剂), which kept viewers engaged for more than three minutes on average.

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

So the news that Cablevision, an American cable company, was rolling out interactive advertisements to all its customers on October 6th was greeted with some skepticism.

Our society needs the full participation of its younger citizens if it is to continue to thrive.

One main factor that has driven up medical expenses is that doctors are compensated for the amount of care rather than its effect.

Many of its functions have changed greatly.

Many of its central features are no different from those of the 1920s.

Its risks cannot be overestimated.

Its big selling point is that nobody else will have it: You won't see this kitchen anywhere else in the world.

Its benefits outweigh the hazards involved.

It misled consumers to believe that its products had been certified by a third party.

It gave consumers the impression that all its products were truly green.

It gave a third party the authority to label its products as environmentally friendly.

Is surgery, radiation or careful monitoring best for prostate ( ' , 前列腺) cancer? Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors? The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort.

In October 2000, the same month the survey was taken, the Washington-based Center for Media and Public Affairs wrote in its publication Media Monitor that, in a recent month of TV news coverage of American youth, just 2% of teens were shown at home, and just 1% were portrayed in a work setting.

In 2008 and 2009, class-action lawsuits ( ' , 集体诉讼) were filed against SC Johnson for using Greenlist labels on its cleaning products.

For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod ( ' , 鳕鱼) provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people, sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.

Each business acts its own way in green labeling.

But, instead, the Chicago union seems to be using its political capital primarily to protect weak performers.

But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels? That question, repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet, is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.

BrightLine iTV, which designs and sells interactive ads, says interest has surged: it expects its revenues almost to triple this year.

As a country's wealth grows, so do its greenhouse gas emissions.

And the World Resources Institute ( ' , WRI) in its World Resources 2005 report, issued at the end of August, produced several such examples from Africa and Asia; it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich, as poorer people derive a much higher proportion of their income directly from the natural resources around them.

South Korea, which operates state-of-the-art bases here, is increasing its fishing of krill ( ' , 磷虾), found in abundance in the Southern Ocean, while Russia recently frustrated efforts to create one of the world's largest ocean sanctuaries here.

South Korea opened its second Antarctic research base in 2014, describing it as a way to test robots developed by Korean researchers for use in extreme conditions.

So why has it taken so long? The Department of Health declared its intention to consider the move in November 2010 and consulted through 2012.

On a glacier-filled island with fjords ( ' , 峡湾) and elephant seals, Russia has built Antarctica's first Orthodox church on a hill overlooking its research base.

It opened its fourth station last year and is pressing ahead with plans to build a fifth.

It is building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome 13,422 feet above sea level that is one of the planet's coldest places.

Fitbit, for example, released its first smartwatch Monday, selling with a clear purpose – to improve your fitness – and promoting it as a tool, not a toy.

Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is expanding its monitoring stations for Glonass, its version of the Global Positioning System ( ' , GPS).

At least three Russian stations are already operating in Antarctica, part of its effort to challenge the dominance of the American GPS, and new stations are planned for sites like the Russian base, in the shadow of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity.

Antarctica's harsh natural conditions constitute huge obstacles to the exploitation of its resources.

Amid all the changes, Antarctica maintains its allure.

A battery-powered world comes with its own risks, too.

117 With Russia's help, Belarus is preparing to build its first Antarctic base.

When the molten rock of the earth’s core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano, as the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinkingand cracking into long columns.

The God caused the rock to grow and to lift the girls far above the ground, while its sides were scored by the claws of the angry bears.

Its sheer rock sides sweep up from a broad base until they cut off abruptly at the flat summit.

Its primary mission is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic needs of all people, with the particular focus on those who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty.

When a technology is deployed, its impacts reach far beyond itself.

What Nijay didn't realize about his school—Tennessee State University — was its frighteningly low graduation rate: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its first-generation pupils is much lower than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years ( ' , 81 percent).

Once you have started the boulder rolling, it develops momentum, which is defined by its mass and velocity.

It was this lack of information that prompted the launch of I'm First in 2013, originally as an arm of its umbrella organization, the Center For Student Opportunity.

It is easy to change a light bulb, sure, but it is harder to change the bulb and its fixture.

Howard, a well-regarded historically black college, had an array of resources for its first-generation students, including matching kids with counselors, connecting first-generation students to one another, and TRIO, a national program that supported 200 students on Howard's campus.

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

American higher education has lost its global competitiveness.

Amend its 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act.

A flagship university in the South, the school graduates just 16 percent of its first-generation students, despite its overall graduation rate of 71 percent.

It is also easier for a dissatisfied company to give its account to another agency than it would be to fire their own advertising staff.

"If they are anywhere near worth their salt as engineers, I bet they are rethinking their threat model as we speak," said Jonathan Zdziarski, a digital expert who studies the iPhone and its vulnerabilities.

"The state's facilities management project team is still in the process of developing its business justification and expects to have that completed and available to the public at the end of February," Martin said.

5 million worth of young Bison that will be raised according to its grass-fed protocols, with a guaranteed purchase price.

A robot's appearance affects its ability to successfully interact with humans, which is why the riKEN-Tri Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research decided to develop a robotic nurse that looks like a huge teddy bear.

A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the Net and its offspring apps, social media sites and online games of addicting us to distraction.

According to Mark Saul, the director of competitions for the Mathematical Association of America, not a single African-American or hispanic student—and only a handful of girls—has ever made it to the Math Olympiad team in its 50 years of existence.

According to the International Business times, electric car sales are expected to increase as Volkswagen is still recovering from its emissions scandal.

After being dogged by technical delays for years, sir Richard Branson, virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a Spaceship Two craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

Among large traditional retailers, Walmart recently reported the best results, leading its stock price to surge, while Macy's, Target; and Nordstrom's dropped.

And over time, its members have learned a thing or two about responsibility.

And the World Resources Institute WR in its World Resources 2005 report, issued at the end of August, produced several such examples from Africa and Asia; It also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich, as poorer p

Apple argues that it is fighting to preserve a principle that most of us who are addicted to our smartphones can defend: Weaken a single iPhone so that its contents can be viewed by the American government and you risk weakening all iPhones for any govern

As part of the upgrading of its rail yard, Kasselman, who is an inventor and self-proclaimed "steam visionary", is campaigning for a new steam train that runs without any fire and could run on an existing ten- kilometer line, driving tourists and perhaps

At the same time, offering repair supports the perceived quality of its products.

At the time, it became clear that the newly reunified Berlin would need a modern airport with far greater capacity than its existing airports.

At the University of California (UC), we pride ourselves not only on the quality of our research, but also on its contribution to improving our world.

Average starting salaries give a clear indication of what type of training society needs its new workers to have.

Best Buy, for instance, has been bearing the lion's share of e-waste volume since two of its largest competitors, Amazon and Wal-mart, do not have their own recycling programs.

BrightLine itV, which designs and sells interactive ads, says interest has surged: it expects its revenues almost to triple this year.

Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is expanding its monitoring stations for Glonass, its version of the Global Positioning System GPS.

But as it ages, these conditions may change and the area around it may no longer be suitable for its offspring.

But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels?

But I don't like its extended credit.

But its surface has been cooked and dried by an ocean of carbon dioxide, trapped in the burning death grip of a runaway greenhouse effect.

But Steinberg suspected this tendency could also have its advantages.

A California builder designed the structure of its houses smartly.

A coach may read a sports story for its threat value: he may have to play that team next week.

A few hours before, I'd been at home in Hong gonk, with its choking smog.

A machine with a specific purpose has another quality, one that we usually associate with living things: a wish to preserve its own existence.

A new commodity brings about a highly profitable, fast-growing industry, urging antitrust反垄断regulators to step in to check those who control its flow.

A photography exhibition held by Han Media to celebrate its founding in New York city on April 24, featuring three emerging Chinese photographers; yingxi Michael Shi, Haiyin lin and liming Guan, whose works have appeared in publications such as Vogue.

A politician may read an account of his latest successful public meeting, not for its delayed reward, but very much as his wife reads an account of a party.

A taste for meat is actually behind the change: an important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle.

A young English teacher saved the lives of 30 students when he took control of a bus after its driver suffered a serious heart attack.

About thirty percent of the world's exports of tea makes its way to London.

After 75 years the plaza theater has shown its last movie.

After spotting a wallet on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the owner to return.

And doubling a buffet's price led customers to say that its pizza was 11 percent tastier.

As a result it's likely to see a rise in the size of its working-age population and to witness strong economic growth over the longer term.

Astonishingly, the Tremont hotel stayed open during the entire operation, and many of its guests didn't even notice anything was happening.

Because they think as one, they have a collective 集体的 intelligence greater than you would expect from its individual parts.

But a transparent animal doesn't have pigments, so its tissues won't absorb light.

But for tourists like me, pandas are its top attraction.

But some materials slow and scatter (散射) light, bouncing it away from its original path.

But the world bank has included the project on its of "100 ideas to save the planet".

Buxton is justifiably proud of its cultural life and you' ll find much to suit all tastes with art, music, opera and the performing arts at Buxton opera house & pavilion arts centre and green man gallery.

By that time, the panda no longer needed its mother for food.

California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change seems to be a major factor (因素).

Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life – from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device.

China's approach to protecting its environment while feeding its citizens " offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide.

China's image is improving steadily, with more countries recognizing its role in international affairs.

Diets have changed in China—and so too has its top crop.

During my first quarter at university of California, riverside ucr, I thought that I wanted to study political science with its focus on international affairs, so that's what I applied for.

Each empty can of its food weighs 40g.

Early forms of cake were simply a kind of bread, so this tradition hits its roots in the custom of sharing bread.

Even in its current state, the Internet has extended my memory and judgment.

For example, a sociologist may read news of crime as a social problem, rather than for its immediate reward.

For example, just one of his cantaloupes filled the entire house with its sweet smell, and the taste was even sweeter.

For example, when I'm writing a textbook, it has become second nature to check a dozen definitions of a key term, which helps me dig into the core and understand its meaning.

For Pahlsson, its return was a wonder.

For the machine, this quality is not in-born, nor is it something introduced by humans; it is a logical consequence of the simple fact that the machine cannot achieve its original purpose if it is dead.

For western designers, China and its rich culture have long been an inspiration for western creativity.

Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250, 000 living in its capital, Cayenne.

He found its title easy to understand.

Here is a graph that charts how far a bird flies during the first five days of its spring migration see graph 2.

However, anger can easily turn violent, and it is best to know the reasons for anger to appear in order to prevent its presence.

Humankind paid for its broad vision and skillful hands backaches and painful necks.

I thought, "why don't they just try rolling the things" a square could be turned into a rough sort of wheel by attaching wooden poles to its sides, he realized.

If you talk about fashion today, you are talking about China - its influences, its direction, its breathtaking clothes, and how young designers and models are finally acknowledging that in many ways.

In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved.

In ancient Egypt, a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment.

In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck.

In the first move of its kind, all travelers will be forced to stand on both sides of escalators on the London underground as part of a plan to increase capacity at the height of the rush hour.

Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes?

It had been known for a long time that Yellowstone was volcanic in nature — that's what accounted for all its hot springs and other steamy features.

It is a truly delightful place, which looks the same as it must have done 100 years ago with its winding streets and pretty cottages.

It is eating all the vegetables and destroying everything in its path.

It saves money for its users.

It separated the building from its foundation.

It would deserve an award if it weren't for its last part.

It's as if the brain is preserving its most important memories.

Its characters show feelings without words.

Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we fail again and again.

Its ending is not good enough.

Its position presents its own challenges.

Its special effects are not satisfying.

It's the part that believes in life and its possibilities.

Loe noted, there's a moment when it's bursting with its absolute peak flavor.

Mail it back to its owner.

Make use of its healing effects.

Maxime's early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty.

Maybe the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches, and so, in effect, was talking to itself.

News of the first kind pays its rewards at once.

News of the second kind, however, pays its rewards later.

On mu recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by its mother.

One group was asked to seek out an interaction with its waiter; the other, to speak only when necessary.

Others absorb light, stopping it dead in its tracks.

Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million.

Russia is another country with population problems that could break its economic promise.

Said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year.

Scientists have obtained more evidence that plastic is finding its way into the human body.

So if we send out a robot with the single instruction of fetching coffee, it will have a strong desire to secure success by disabling its own off switch or even killing anyone who might interfere with its task.

Something on its cover caught her eye.

Songs in their heads: music and its meaning in children's lives.

Songs in their heads:music and its meaning in children's lives.

Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on.

The attraction of the cloisters museum and gardens lies in the fact that its collections date from the middle ages.

The death of Russians may result in a shrinking population, which would damage its economic future.

The disadvantages of new technology outweigh its advantages.

The event celebrate its 22nd anniversary with a great show of the very best of gardening, making it one of the most popular events in gardening.

The first session of the China institute in America short course beijing: the city through its architecture opens on Wednesday.

The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and the sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV.

The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags.

The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

The language was simple, so simple I could plainly understand its meaning, yet it was still beautiful.

The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm.

The pompidou centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more.

The pronunciation is fine with me, and its vocabulary is similar to English.

The provincial government and its partners offer many programs to help students find summer jobs.

The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy rate in england was under 50%.

The story came to its turning point when Joe fell ill in 2007.

The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out.

The usa will increase, from 2010-2030, its population by 20% through.

Then it comes out of its cage.

It may be said that the measure of the worth of any social institution is its effect in enlarging and improving experience; but this effect is not a part of its original motive.

If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young.

Only when humanity began to get its food in a more productive way was there time for other things.

Not long ago, with the country entering a recession and Japan at its pre-bubble peak.

Yet these creatures are members of the biotic community and, if its stability depends on its integrity, they are entitled to continuance.

To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning.

The interdependence of the forest and its constituent tree species, ground flora, and fauna is taken for granted.

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The Federal circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court’s judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is weather it should” reconsider” its state street Bank ruling.

With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver，” creating our inner character and outer circumstances， the book As a Man Thinking by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing.

Part of the fame of Allen‘s book is its contention that “Circumstances do not make a person， they reveal him.

Nevertheless， as any biographer knows， a person’s early life and its conditions are often the greatest gift to an individual.

Allen‘s contribution was to take an assumption we all share-that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts-and reveal its erroneous nature.

Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and the social-news site Digg.

This trend ,which we believe is still in its infancy, effectively began with retailers and travel providers such as airlines and hotels and will no doubt go further.

The growth in public money for academic research has speeded the process: federal research grants rose fourfold between 1960 and 1990, but faculty teaching hours fell by half as research took its toll.

The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the sudden announcement of his appointment in 2009.

Consumers passionate about a product may create “owned” media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Web site.

But in some cases, one marketer’s owned media become another marketer’s paid media – for instance, when an e-commerce retailer sells ad space on its Web site.

In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory of everything-a single generative equation for all we see.

The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is already so damaged that it has noting left to lose by going to war with the state.

Its current leader, Ed Miliband, owes his position to votes from public-sector unions.

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules.

But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.

Britain’s Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism.

Another urge or need that these gardens appear to respond to, or to arise from is so intrinsic that we are barely ever conscious of its abiding claims on us.

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment – including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line –Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.

This is a shame--he community should be grasping the opportunity to raise its influence in the real world.

The solution is to change the mindset of the academic community, and what it considers to be its main goal.

The potential evolution of today's technology, and its social consequences, is dazzlingly complicated, and it's perhaps best left to science fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage.

The White House argued that Arizona's laws conflicted with its enforcement priorities, even if state laws complied with federal statutes to the letter.

For example, the Long Now Foundation has its flagship project a medical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

DNT does not seem an obviously huge selling point for windows 8-though the firm has compared some of its other products favourably with Google's on that count before.

95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-pius stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.

Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.

The commission ignores that for several decades America’s colleges and universities have produced graduates who don’t know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits.

Olduvai Gorge, an early hominid site in Tanzania, was found by a butterfly hunter who literally fell into its deep valley in 1911.

At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world.

And it is far from the only one of its type.

This movement, driven by powerful and diverse motivations, built a nation out of a wilderness and, by its nature, shaped the character and destiny of an uncharted continent.

The virgin forest with its richness and variety of trees was a veritable real treasure-house which extended from Maine all the way down to Georgia.

You make further inferences, for instance, about how the test may be significant to you, or about its validity—inferences that form the basis of a personal response for which the author will inevitably be far less responsible.

This same absence of moral purpose was wounding companies such as News International ,shield thought ,making it more likely that it would lose its way as it had with widespread illegal telephone hacking.

The journalScienceis adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today.

So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?.

Rather, we ascribe meanings to test on the basis of interaction between what we might call textual and contextual material: between kinds of organization or patterning we perceive in a text’s formal structures ( ' , so especially its language structures) and various kinds of background, social knowledge, belief and attitude that we bring to the text.

Manuscript will be flagged up for additional scrutiny by the journal’s internal editors, or by its existing Board of Reviewing Editors or by outside peer reviewers.

There is one and only one social responsibility of business,” wrote Milton Friedman, a Nobel prize-winning economist, “That is, to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.”

Peretti gives the example of Netflix discontinuing its DVD-mailing service to focus on streaming.

Overhead may be high and circulation lower, but rushing to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Joah Peretti.

Only Ukip, sensing its chance, has sided with those pleading for a more considered approach to using green land Its Campaign to Protect Rural England struck terror into many local Conservative parties.

Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways.

In all, the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits, they do seem to be influenced by a company’s record in CSR.

France, which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for women.

And third, through a more diffuse “halo effect,” whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.

They did not always prioritize the protection of Mauna Kea’s fragile ecosystems or its holiness to the island’s inhabitants.

The question of GDP and its usefulness has annoyed policymakers for over half a century.

The astronomy community is making compromises to change its use of Mauna Kea.

But it did so while holding its nose at the ethics of his conduct, which included accepting gifts such as a Rolex watch and a Ferrari automobile from a company seeking access to government.

Across the 163 countries measured, the UK is one of the poorest performers in ensuring that economic growth is translated into meaningful improvements for its citizens.

A native literary drama had been created, its alliance with the public playhouses established, and at least some of its great traditions had been begun.

Winston Churchill once walked its corridors and Japanese emissaries met here with Secretary of State Cordell Hull after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

This is why repeated attempts at reform legislation have failed in recent years, leaving the Postal Service unable to pay its bills except by deferring vital modernization.

The latter step would largely offset the financial burden of annually pre-funding retiree health care, thus addressing a long-standing complaint by the USPS and its union.

The history of the EEOB began long before its foundations were laid.

The data of an individual there gains its value only when it is compared with the data of countless millions more.

The challenge of coping with automation underlines the need for the U. to revive its fading business dynamism: Starting new companies must be made easier.

The NHS trust has mended its ways.

It reported a net loss of $5.6 billion for fiscal 2016, the 10th straight year its expenses have exceeded revenue.

Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operations to the new reality.

Completed in 1875, the State Department's south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library ( ' , completed in 1876), Diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary's office decorated with carved wood, Oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns.

A "town of culture" could be not just about the arts but about honoring a town's peculiarities-helping sustain its high street, supporting local facilities and above all celebrating its people and turn it into action.

A cynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world: after town of culture, who knows that will follow-village of culture?

After a spouse has been selected, each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying into a good family.

Amazon.com received one for its "one- click" online payment system.

Amazon.com, with its network of warehouses, also collects sales tax in every state that charges it, though third-party sellers who use the site don't have to.

And third, through a more diffuse "halo effect," whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.

As a discovery claim works its way through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual's discovery claim into the community's credible discove

As well as those chronic problems, the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency.

At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area.

At its peak in 2007, it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier.

Blue, with its intimations of the virgin Mary, constancy and faithfulness, symbolised femininity.

Britain's Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism.

But in some cases, one marketer's owned media become another marketer's paid media – for instance, when an e-commerce retailer sells ad space on its Web site.

But it did so while holding its nose at the ethics of his conduct, which included accepting gifts such as a Rolex watch and a Ferrari Automobile from a company seeking access to government.

But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.

Completed in 1875, the State Department's south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library, diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary's office decorated with carved wood, Oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns.

Consumers passionate about a product may create "earned" media by willingly promoting it to friend,and a company may leverage "owned" media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Website.

Curbs on business - method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual- fund as

For example,the Long Now Foundation has as its flagship project a mechanical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300 -plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.

Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operati

If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its students'academic achievement, it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments, not make them count for almost nothing.

If you're not convinced of the inherent value in taking a year off to explore interests, then consider its financial impact on future academic choices.

In 2010, a federal judge shook America's biotech industry to its core.

In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires——nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago.

In a workplace that's fundamentally indifferent to your life and its meaning, office speak can help you figure out how you relate to your work—and how your work defines who you are.

In all, the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits, they do seem to be influenced by a company's record in CSR.

In its latest survey of CEO pay, The Wall Street Journal finds that "a substantial part" of executive pay is now tied to performance.