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Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend.

And a room with books in it induces, at least in some, a feeling not dissimilar to that of a fire in the fireplace on a cold winter's night

And at least for now, that hazy mirage in the distance?

It is reported that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal What's most surprising is that 36% of them live in households where at least one adult is working.

Most bullying (恃强凌弱) is found in schools where there is a tarmac (柏油碎石) playground; the least bullying is in a natural area that the children are encouraged to explore.

With some exceptions , the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient.

Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱)

Read at least several chapters at one sitting.

You haven't had an,v time off for at least two years.

As part of the Kids Live Well campaign-expected to be announced nationwide Wednesday—participating restaurants must promise to offer at least one children's meal that has fewer than 600 calories(卡路里), no soft drinks and at least two items from the following food groups: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins or low-fat dairy.

He really should shave himself every other day at least and put on something clean.

A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.

A tour boat turned over off the coast of nicaragua, killing at least 13 people and leaving more passengers missing, official said.

About 75% of elderly parents who don't go to nursing homes live within 30 minutes of at least one of their children.

An industry backed anti-tax campaign has spent at least $4 million on advertisements.

At least 65 million people in the United States have a criminal record.

At the time of the first interview, at least one of the partners was over the age of 50.

But at least, she says, they can maximize the odds of success.

But on the subject of obesity, she pointed out that consumers' lifestyles have changed significantly, with many people being more sedentary (久坐不动的) not least because more time is spent in front of computers.

Canada got the least sleep of the year the night it beat Sweden in the Olympic hockey (冰球) final.

Even if there is no concrete benefit paid in response to your good deed, at the very least, the doer of the good deed has the opportunity to enjoy a kind of spiritually enlightened moment.

I know they have at least two temporary positions available, and I don't think they have anyone else yet.

If I stayed in the U.S., it'd take two years and cost at least 50,000 dollars in tuition alone.

If you eat three meals a day and behave like most Americans, you probably get at least a third of your daily calories outside the home.

In 2018 alone, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, mudslides, and other natural disasters cost at least $49 billion in the United States.

In some departments, either the chairman or the director of graduate studies serves for at least the first semester as a new student adviser.

Susan and I go to at least 3 different places during the event.

The least that can be concluded from this research is that companies need to think harder about managing teams.

We are rediscovering Dewey and Montessori and a lot of the practices that they pioneered that have been forgotten or at least put aside.

While consumers are spending less on toilet paper, they remain fussy – in theory at least – when it comes to paper quality.

Whereas language probably traces back at least 80.

At least four institutions - the University of Maryland, Oklahoma Christian University, Abilene Christian and Freed-Hardeman- have announced that they will give the devices to some or all of their students this fall.

The average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen.

According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.

But such a Darwinian spirit is beginning to give way as at least a few colleges face up to the graduation gap

A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been eradicated completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management – at least in America and Europe.

Since then the debate has become less emotional, not least because a lot more is known about the subject.

But over the next few decades labour forces in rich countries are set to shrink so much that inflows of immigrants would have to increase enormously to compensate: to at least twice their current size in western Europe's most youthful countries, and three times in the older ones

It will not be the end of the world, at least not for quite a while yet, but the world will slowly become a different place.

In a recent study of parents and grown-up children in 11 European countries, Karsten Hank of Mannheim University found that 85% of them lived within 25km of each other and the majority of them were in touch at least once a week

But shouldn't we at least offer to share the expenses?

Disaster movies often portray catastrophes that destroy, or at least threaten to destroy earth's entire population.

However, soon after these fierce outbreaks, the virus died out, at least temporarily

Hospital workers in at least one case deserted their workplace in panic, thus halting the administering of potentially unclean disease spreading injections, but Ebola has not disappeared.

I hope you are not to put out with me for the delay ,I had to stop for the Fred's home to pick up a book on my way here M : well , that's not a big deal ,but you might at least phone if you know you will keep someone waiting Q : what do we learn about the women

There isn't much violent crime in a small town like Green Ville, or at least not as much as in the large urban areas

It collapsed at least once in the past 1.3 million years.

This is one of our best and least expensive two-bedroom listings

Now, new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years, a period when global temperatures probably were not significantly higher than they are today.

Esperanto is used internationally across language boundaries by at least 1 million people, particularly in specialized fields.

"Supplying power to trains in this way would offer the shortest distance from well to wheels," he says, "with the least amount of energy lost."

"We're obligated to keep a pulse on the population for at least five years after the foxes are delisted," says Boser.

As a possible home for alien life, it has been voted the planet least likely to succeed.

As fifth-graders, children with early attention problems obtained average reading scores at least 3% lower than their contemporaries' and grades at least 8% lower than those of their peers.

As one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, "As I was reading this very excellent article, I stopped at least half a dozen times to check my email.

At least taxpayers should be able to decide what students will study on the public dime.

At least the slides were good, that is, until the bulb in the projector blew, and she had to finish the talk with no illustrations.

But the first bite was a pleasant surprise, a little dry and lacking of taste, but at least a wing didn't get stuck in my throat.

But the least we should expect is that they do not foster divisions and exclude those who are already disadvantaged.

Economic reasoning shows that the least expensive way for each country is to put a price on carbon emissions.

Families provide at least as much care as they ever did.

For both beef and dairy production, it requires, at least in the beginning, more pastureland.

However, given that there is at least some evidence for positive effects from some of these lifestyle changes, plus other benefits apparently unrelated to cognitive decline, Burke was willing to offer some recommendations.

In a series of several experiments, the researchers illustrated just how much we've come to admire busyness, or at least the appearance of it.

It actually dates back to at least 1701.

It has consequences: South Africa's ongoing drought—the worst in three decades—will cost at least a quarter of its com crop this year.

It turns out that those who consumed the highest levels of fiber during adolescence had a lower risk of developing breast cancer, compared to the women who ate the least fiber.

It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a priority at all.

It's doubtful that a computer program can do that—at least, not without some undesirable results.

Many large institutions keep this kind of data secret—or at least make it incredibly difficult to find.

One should buy the policies to give the most protection at the least cost, ensure the right family members and consider the family's financial needs.

Perhaps the most dramatic example of the negative consequences of poor communication between scientists and the public is the issue of climate change, where a variety of factors, not the least of which is a breakdown in the transmission of fundamental cli

Problems surround the use of machines to spot deception, at least until it has been rigorously tested.

So what would a smug-free, or at least low-pollution, city be like?

Southern states without strong teachers' unions have schools at least as awful as those in union states.

Tennessee State's overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for first-generation students and those of their peers.

The purpose of today's lecture, as you have seen from the title and the abstract, is to examine in more detail the problems facing small- and medium-sized enterprises which arise at least in part from having to adapt to rapid advances in technology.

The reason is that when carbon is priced, those emissions reductions that are least costly to implement will happen first.

The third element of love in Sternberg's theory is what he calls decision commitment, the decision that one is in a love relationship, the willingness to label it as such and the commitment to maintain that relationship at least for some period of time.

The trouble is, for many of the researchers who'd like to design systems to address these challenges, massive datasets for experimentation just don't exist—at least, not in formats that are accessible to academic researchers.

We believe that at least part of the problem lies in places other than the interaction between scientists and members of the media, and exists because for one thing we underestimate how difficult it is for scientists to communicate effectively with a dive

When people were encouraged to take at least three photos while they ate lunch, they were more immersed in their meals than those who weren't told to take photos.

While we didn't want to create any unnecessary panic, we did find some concerns that were troublesome, and we thought that parents or at least physicians should be aware of those potential risks.

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead