英语四级真题
  • While consumers are spending less on toilet paper, they remain fussy – in theory at least – when it comes to paper quality.
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  • When it's time to make the leap, they take action and immediately drop what's no longer serving their purpose.
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  • To ensure employees' commitment, it is advisable to give them more flexibility as to where and how they work.
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  • This means they often have to make a special effort to lay the past to rest.
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  • They were offered nicotine replacements.
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  • They were looked after by physicians.
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  • They were given physical training.
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  • They were encouraged by psychologists.
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  • They think, ‘Well, if I gradually reduce, it's like practice,' says Lindson-Hawley.
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  • They show fewer withdrawal symptoms.
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  • They reject using toilet paper with unnecessary features.
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  • They prefer cheap toilet paper to recycled toilet paper.
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  • They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism ( ' , 感情用事): the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.
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  • They need to keep teams small and focused: giving in to pressure to be more inclusive is a guarantee of dysfunction.
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  • They need to immunise teams against group-think: Hackman argued that the best ones contain deviants ( ' , 离经叛道者) who are willing to do something that may be upsetting to others.
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  • They give priority to relationships, as careers often recede ( ' , 逐渐淡化).
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  • They feel much less pain in the process.
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  • They feel attached to the suburban environment.
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  • They emphasize the strength of toilet paper the most.
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  • They choose purpose over happiness—having a clear sense of purpose even reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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  • They can only afford small apartments.
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  • They break routines, because autopilot is death.
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  • They are simply unable to make it.
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  • They are shaped like jewel cases.
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  • They are particular about the quality of toilet paper.
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  • They are heavily painted in red.
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  • They are favored as a form of art.
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  • They are cherished by the rich.
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  • They are also spending more time working with each other rather than reporting upwards.
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  • They also had talk therapy with a nurse before and after quit day.
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  • The question is, how?Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern Mississippi recently studied around 20 people with HSAM and found that they scored particularly highly on two measures: fantasy proneness ( ' , 倾向) and absorption.
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  • The absorption helps them to establish strong foundations for recollection, says Patihis, and the fantasy proneness means that they revisit those memories again and again in the coming weeks and months.
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  • Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross-functional teams.
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  • Product transitions used to take five or seven years; now they take one or two.
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  • People rarely manage to quit the first time they try.
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  • People in both groups used nicotine ( ' , 尼古丁) patches before they quit, in addition to a second form of nicotine replacement, like gum or spray.
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  • Overall, almost three in five people say they try to limit their usage of paper – including facial tissue and kitchen roll – to save money.
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  • Nor are they necessarily better at remembering a round of drinks, say.
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  • Most roads, bridges, transit, water systems, the electric grid, and communications networks were installed 50 to 100 years ago, and they are largely taken for granted until they fail.
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  • Maybe some experience in their childhood meant that they became obsessed ( ' , 着迷) with calendars and what happened to them, says Patihis.
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  • Loosely managed teams can become hotbeds of distraction—employees routinely complain that they can't get their work done because they are forced to spend too much time in meetings or compelled to work in noisy offices.
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  • Interestingly, their memories are highly self-centred: although they can remember autobiographical life events in extraordinary detail, they seem to be no better than average at recalling impersonal information, such as random ( ' , 任意选取的) lists of words.
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  • Instead of giving people practice, the gradual reduction likely gave them cravings ( ' , 瘾) and withdrawal symptoms before they even reached quit day, which could be why fewer people in that group actually made it to that point.
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  • In a challenge for manufacturers, 81% of paper product users said they would consider buying recycled toilet tissue if it were comparable in quality to standard paper.
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  • However, organisations need to learn something bigger than how to manage teams better: they need to be in the habit of asking themselves whether teams are the best tools for the job.
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  • However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use team as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.
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  • But at least, she says, they can maximize the odds of success.
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  • And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.
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  • And although their memories are vast, they are still likely to suffer from false memories.
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  • A recent study of people with HSAM reveals that they are liable to fantasy and full absorption in an activity.
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  • A new study of 12,000 workers in 17 countries by Steelcase, a furniture-maker which also does consulting, finds that the best way to ensure employees are engaged is to give them more control over where and how they do their work—which may mean liberating them from having to do everything in collaboration with others.
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  • Veiseh agrees: It is like having these open wounds – they are just a part of you, he says.
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  • With Facebook she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were.
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  • Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn’t wake someone up or call when she knew they were at church.
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  • This behaviour may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.
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  • They suggest this indicates that dogs aren’t sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features just as humans do.
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  • They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral expressions.
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  • Still, 60% of drivers would like to get some kind of self-driving feature, such as automatic braking or self-parking the next time they buy a new car.
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  • So they’re cheap almost everywhere.
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  • Mules have strong muscles like horses; but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler, like donkeys.
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  • In the 1600s, people in China used carrots as medicine, but they also ate carrots boiled in soup.
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  • He also believes they will be more likely to trust selfdriving cars as they become more familiar with features such as automatic braking or parking.
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  • But those surveyed by AAA say they trust their own driving skills.
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  • But 75% of drivers say they wouldn’t feel safe in such a vehicle.
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  • And when looking at angry humans, they tended to turn away their gaze.
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  • Alaska State Troopers released a statement saying they’ve arrested Arnold Demoski, 26.
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  • Advocates of selfdriving cars argue they will be safer than in cars driven by humans because they wouldn’t get distracted or drive when tired.
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  • to see whether people's personality affects their life span to find out if one's lifestyle has any effect on their health to investigate the role of exercise in living a long lifeto examine all the factors contributing to longevity They have a good understanding of evolution.
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  • may be better at solving puzzlescan memorize things with more easemay have greater facility in abstract reasoningcan put what they have learnt into more effective usefind ways to slow down our mental declinefind ways to boost our memoriesunderstand the complex process of mental functioningunderstand the relation between physical and mental healthThe most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.
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  • Whether residents felt involved in the decision to move and how long they had lived there also proved significant.
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  • When they had lunch in the dining room, they sat alone at the table.
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  • What people were like when they came in had greater consequence than what happened once they were there.
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  • What matters, she added, is a combination of what people bring in with them, and what they find there.
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  • They were so busy working that they only ate simple meals.
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  • They were less likely to report symptoms of depression than those in the other facilities, for instance, and less likely to be bored or lonely.
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  • They tend to decline in people's later years.
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  • They scored higher on social interaction.
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  • They reach a peak at the age of 20 for most people.
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  • They have their ideas, too.
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  • They had to work from early morning till late at night.
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  • They generally appear more resourceful They are more likely to get over hardship.
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  • They function quite well even in old age.
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  • They ate three meals regularly every dayThey were expert at cooking meals.
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  • They ate big dinner late in the evening.
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  • They are outgoing.
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  • They are ill-bred.
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  • They are ignorant.
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  • They are dangerous only if programmers are careless.
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  • They are closely related to physical and mental exercise.
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  • They are better at negotiating an agreement.
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  • They are aggressive.
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  • The surge in world grain prices in 2007 and 2008—and the threat they pose to food security—has a different, more troubling quality than the increases of the past.
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  • The public overall is spilt on whether they'd like to use a driverless car.
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  • The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today.
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  • The doer of a good deed can feel spiritually rewarded even when they gain no concrete benefits.
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  • The combined effects of those trends and the political tensions they generate point to the breakdown of governments and societies.
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  • The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to do sufficient testing and they've produced a system that will break some kind of taboo ( ' , 禁忌 ).
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  • The amount of training they received.
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  • Such moves may eliminate the fears of those living in the exporting countries, but they are creating panic in importing countries that must rely on what is then left for export.
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  • Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space, you wouldn't think that's the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.
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英语六级真题
  • search of food, they make the waste sites their winter feeding grounds.
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  • Yet they are doing it quite differently.
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  • Will parents be damaging children if they have one fewer organized activity? No, I really doubt it.
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  • While these numbers are still being validated by the state, we feel any adjustments they might suggest will be immaterial, Morgan wrote to the presidents.
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  • They were versed in literature and interested in art.
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  • They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self-expression.
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  • They were courageous and venturesome.
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  • They try to develop their skills through close supervision and organized activities, and teach children to question authority figures and navigate elite institutions.
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  • They radically changed people's concept of beauty.
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  • They provide a useful service, said Flack.
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  • They often get hooked then.
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  • They might eat something toxic and damage their health.
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  • They may have trouble getting adequate food.
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  • They may evolve new feeding habits.
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  • They may end up staying there permanently.
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  • They may eat something harmful.
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  • They made some improvements on the traditional Parisian design.
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  • They join the storks from Germany on rubbish dumps in Morocco.
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  • They help humans kill harmful insects.
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  • They have seriously polluted the places where birds spend winter.
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  • They have led some birds to give up on migration.
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  • They have forced white storks to search for safer winter shelters.
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  • They have changed the previous migration habits of certain birds.
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  • They have accelerated the reproduction of some harmful insects.
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  • They had much geographic knowledge.
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  • They had enough travel and outdoor-life experience.
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  • They gradually lose the habit of migrating in winterThey prefer rubbish dumps far away to those at home.
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  • They got a better understanding of early human civilization.
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  • They gained some knowledge of classical art and architecture.
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  • They found the antiques there more valuable.
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  • They found inspiration in the world's greatest masterpieces.
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  • They formulated a dress code with distinctive American features.
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  • They developed an interest in the origin of modern art forms.
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  • They could buy unique souvenirs there to take back home.
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  • They catered to the taste of the younger generation.
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  • They cannot be attributed to weather only.
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  • They can multiply at an accelerating rate.
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  • They can better pull through the winter.
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  • They can be solved with better management.
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  • They came up with a brand-new set of design proceduresThey made originality a top priority in their fashion design.
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  • They call for increased investments.
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  • They became rivals of their Parisian counterparts.
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  • They are taught to be compliant and respectful to adults.
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  • They are not attracted to the rubbish dumps on their migration routes.
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  • They are not as serious in its online stores.
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  • They are more worried about their children being depressed or anxious.
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  • They are more likely to grow up in neighborhoods that their parents say aren't great for raising children, and their parents worry about them getting shot, beaten up or in trouble with the law.
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  • They are more likely to be at risk of dying.
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  • They advocated equity between men and women.
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  • These math circles cost nothing, or they're very cheap for students to get involved in, but you have to know about them, said Rusczyk.
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  • There is no best parenting style or philosophy, researchers say, and across income groups, 92% of parents say they are doing a good job at raising their children.
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  • There are huge clusters of organic waste they can feed on, said Flack.
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  • The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, said Flack.
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  • Students use forums to chat, play games, and solve problems together at no cost, or they can pay a few hundred dollars to take courses with trained teachers.
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  • Participation grows through friends and networks and if you realize that's how they're growing, you can start to take action and bring in other students, he said.
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  • Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduate parents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compared with one-fifth of low-income, lesseducated parents.
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  • Most people would love to get students from more underserved populations, but they just can't get them in the door.
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  • Most American parents say they are not concerned about their children's grades as long as they work hard.
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  • Middle school is an important age because students have enough math capability to solve advanced problems, but they haven't really decided what they want to do with their lives, said Loh.
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  • Instead of flying thousands of miles in search of food, they make the waste sites their winter feeding grounds.
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  • In England, where architecture was increasingly seen as an aristocratic pursuit, noblemen often applied what they learned from the villas of Palladio in the Veneto and the evocative ( ' , 唤起回忆的) ruins of Rome to their own country houses and gardens.
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  • If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States, there are programs that are serving them, but they're primarily centered around ‘Let's get these kids' grades up,' and not around ‘Let's get these kids access to the same kinds of opportunities as more-affluent kids,' said Daniel Zaharopol, the founder and executive director of the program.
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  • High-earning parents are much more likely to say they live in a good neighborhood for raising children.
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  • Do some strategies give children more advantages than others in institutions? Probably they do.
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  • Discipline techniques vary by education level: 8% of those with a postgraduate degree say they often beat their children, compared with 22% of those with a high school degree or less.
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  • Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmospheric greenhouse gases without regard to the collateral ( ' , 附带的) costs.
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  • 71% of parents with a college degree say they do it every day, compared with 33% of those with a high school diploma or less.
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  • When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.
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  • This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product, said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.
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  • They will be minimized with new technology.
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  • They think of their parents with affection and respect.
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  • They speak with Mom or Dad when they have a problem.
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  • They signify the popularity of interactive advertising.
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  • They seem to be turning inward—generally in a pro-social manner, certainly with positive benefits for intimate relationships, but too often at the expense of a connection with the present and future world beyond, including the society they will one day inherit.
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  • They point to the growing curiosity of TV viewers.
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  • They need to know if reform will help solve the problem.
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  • They may be due to the novel way of advertising.
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  • They indicate the future direction of media reform.
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  • They include such measures as accountable care organizations to take charge of a patient's needs with an eye on both cost and quality, and chronic disease management to make sure the seriously ill, who are responsible for the bulk of all health care costs, are treated properly.
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  • They have to spend lots of time choosing products.
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  • They have doubt about current green certification.
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  • They have been somewhat exaggerated.
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  • They can easily see through the businesses' tricks.
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  • They can be dealt with through education.
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  • They can be addressed by improved sanitation.
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  • They are not clear which products are truly green.
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  • They also, however, use far more natural resources—fuel, water ( ' , all those baths and golf courses) and building materials.
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  • There's work to be done, but workers aren't ready to do it—they're in the wrong places, or they have the wrong skills.
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  • Some Chicago teachers seem to think that they shouldn't be held accountable until poverty is solved.
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  • Results of USA WEEKEND's Teens & Parents survey reveal a generation of young people who get along well with their parents and approve of the way they're being raised.
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  • Parents are concerned that their children may get involved in criminal offences once they reach their teens.
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  • No wonder parents worry their own kids might spin out of control once they hit the turbulent waters of adolescence.
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  • Mr.Wilhelm said the excess of labels made it difficult for businesses and consumers to know which labels they should pay attention to.
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  • Most teens say they enjoy the company of both parents and friends.
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  • Most feel that their parents understand them, and they believe their family is the No.
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  • Many even think their parents are cool! Although more than a third have an object in their rooms they would like to keep secret from their parents, rarely is it anything more alarming than a diary or offcolor ( ' , 低俗的) book or CD.
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  • Manufacturers of products that claim to be environmentally friendly will face tighter rules on how they are advertised to consumers under changes proposed by the Federal Trade Commission.
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  • Malpractice awards do drive up insurance premiums for doctors in high-risk specialties, and there is some evidence that doctors engage in defensive medicine by performing tests and treatments primarily to prove they are not negligent should they get sued.
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  • It makes students feel that they are discriminated against in many ways.
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  • It is clear that consumers don't always know what they are getting.
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