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They also had talk therapy with a nurse before and after quit day.

She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed.

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.

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.

By conventional standards, Leah was a typical successful woman before she changed her career.

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.

The shorthand ( ' , 简写) educators use for this is pre-K —meaning instruction before kindergarten—and the big idea is to prepare 4-year-olds and even younger kids to be ready to succeed on their K-12 journey.

Such findings, which run counter to common sense, have surfaced before.

Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.

Do sufficient testing before taking action.

Before we collectively tear our hair out—how are we supposed to find our way in a landscape this confusing? —here is a thought from Dr.

They have more older students than before.

As said before, with the right equipment and the right know-how, it's possible to jam any wireless transmission.

But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching ( ' , 蹲伏 ) down to peer at something on the sidewalk.

Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty, low academic achievement, and high dropout rates, think again.

The Healthy Choice product line was carefully tested with consumers before being introduced to the general public.

Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school had their lunch trays snatched away from them before they could take a bite this week.

Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school had their lunch trays snatched away from them before they could take a bite this week.

A 2016 review of 10 studies looking into the relationship between breakfast and weight management concluded there is "limited evidence" supporting or refuting (反驳) the argument that breakfast influences weight or food intake, and more evidence is required

Also, if we both sign up before Friday, we can get a discount on a six-month membership.

America's Internet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.

Before Allred knew it, New Mexico State police officers were among the many stopping by,helping them reach a total of $568.

But I should be in tomorrow morning before I go out for lunch.

But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching (蹲伏) down to peer at something on the sidewalk.

Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school had their lunch trays snatched away from them before they could take a bite this week.

Forgetting how to operate a familiar object like a microwave oven, or forgetting how to drive to the house of a friend you've visited many times before can also be signs of something going wrong.

Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online forums.

I was hesitant because I knew so little about it and have never tried it before.

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.

I've got a little put aside for a rainy day, but I might need to earn a little more before we go.

I've never earned so much money before.

Juices are quick and easy to prepare, you can take the frozen fruit out the night before and have it ready the next morning.

Komada likes to teach his students that they should think about their move before they do it.

Long before television cooking shows, Careme walked readers through common kitchen tasks, instructing them to "try this for yourself, at home" as famous American Chef Julia Child might do, many years later.

People in both groups used nicotine patches before they quit, in addition to a second form of nicotine replacement,like gum or spray.

Please keep in mind, this will be a new TV show, like nothing ever done before.

So some animals, such as mice, collect extra food before winter, and hide it.

The airlander will need to have 200 hours' flying time before being allowed to fly by the aviation administration.

The day before I spoke to Martinez in November, he had beer touring the damage from Hurricane Michael in Florida with the American Red Cross.

The moon is also home to lunar orbiters that mapped the moon before they crashed into its surface, adding to the garbage heap.

The Olympic got wrecked before the titanic did, but it was the only one to survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years.

The shorthand educators use for this is "pre-K"—meaning instruction before kindergarten—and the big idea is to prepare 4-year-olds and even younger kids to be ready to succeed on their K-12 journey.

They hope to return to the site with geologists for an additional search as there could before fossils near the site.

This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age 35.

This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age.

To prepare for this before winter, these animals eat extra food to become fat, which gives them the energy they need while they sleep.

We wanted to give people an opportunity to actually see the calories before they purchase the food and make a decision, an informed decision that if they want to make a healthier choice, if they want to eat fewer calories, they can.

While 53% believe men will continue to hold more top executive positions in business in die future, 44% say it's only a matter of time before as many women are in top executive positions as men.

The lives of children from rich and poor American families look more different than ever before.

Since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco-Roman and Italian art for their own collections.

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.

Funding agencies note that data paid for with public money should be public information, and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared digitally in ways that were not possible before.

Europe hardly had any museums before the 19th century.

You will face problems in the aging of the population that have never been faced before.

Mr.De Keyzer, I’m a great lover of your book Moments Before the Flood.

The US has already lost more than a third of the native languages that existed before European colonisation, and the remaining 192 are classed by UNESCO as ranging between unsafe and extinct.

Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like acting before thinking and persistence in reaching goals.

Upon reflection, however, it is equally easy to feel like you have seen it all before.

To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.

The market demand for electronic devices is now either declining or not growing as fast as before.

The demand for energy resources may compel renegotiation of Antarctica's treaties before their expiration.

The 83% of American employees who are stressed about their jobs – up from 73% just a year before – say that poor compensation and an unreasonable workload are their number-one sources of stress.

Scholars warn that Antarctica's political drift could blur the distinction between military and civilian activities long before the continent's treaties come up for renegotiation, especially in parts of Antarctica that are ideal for intercepting ( ' , 拦截) signals from satellites or retasking satellite systems, potentially enhancing global electronic intelligence operations.

Scan the highlights of this year's Consumer Electronics Show ( ' , CES), and you may get a slight feeling of having seen them before.

Now we are told Members of Parliament ( ' , MPs) will have a free vote before parliament is dissolved in March.

Many of the coolest gadgets this year are the same as the coolest gadgets last year – or the year before, even.

And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire.

Americans are working longer and harder hours than ever before.

Sadly the pleasure that comes from extravagances often disappears long before the bills do.

In other words, it appears that minds give out before their bodies do.

We should take our future into consideration in making decisions concerning climate change before it is too late.

We get distracted before we can turn down the heating.

They have to operate for long periods of time before the costs of development have been recovered.

One needs the designers, and perhaps the regulators, before the builders and operators, and each group of workers in training has to know there is work waiting beyond graduation.

On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.

Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know- how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

"You can get enough protein and meet the RDA before you even get to dinner," says Pipitone.

Agencies and companies throughout the world are working on developing technology that would dispose of or capture space debris before it causes serious damages.

And it's not like this hasn't happened before.

And to get at the contents of a single iPhone, the government says it needs a court order and Apple's help to write new code; in earlier versions of the iPhone, ones that were created before Apple found religion on 热衷于 privacy, the Fbi might have been abl

As a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences highlights, these satellites hold tremendous potential for making satellite-based science more accessible than ever before.

As an organization of volunteers, AMSAT was putting "amateur" satellites in orbit decades before the current Cube Sat craze.

As stories go through the chains of people, they are refined, corrected and sorted out until they come finally to me and I have a chance to read through most stories before I go on the air.

Before writing Metamorphosis, Merian spent decades documenting European plants and insects that she published in a series of books.

Bridget O'Hanlon and her husband, who live in Cleveland, decided before their daughter was born that they would not post her photos online.

But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider.

But less than a month before hand, inspectors found significant problems with the fire safety system and push the opening back again to 2013.

But telling them that eating lots of high-fiber foods could reduce the risk of breast cancer before middle age, that's a powerful message.

Chemical testing showed that over the two years before her death, she moved about every two months.

Consequently, before going into any stressful situation, focus only on what you want to have happened.

Each day of Kwanzaa, usually before the evening meal, family and friends gather around the table and someone lights a candle, beginning with the black.

kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

For a brief moment during that stage of its life cycle, the tongue consists of two tiny half-tubes before merging into one.

In one study, researchers interview 955 people involved in traffic accidents, the majority of them reported having daydream just before the accident.

In other words, rewards are more intense for teens when they are with peers, which motivates them to pursue higher-risk experiences that might bring a big payoff such as the thrill of just making the light before it turns re.

It is believed to have originated in South America in the early 1900s, and later spread to Europe before crossing over to sub-Saharan Africa.

It is clear now that it's a matter of time before the entire European coastline disappears under water.

Just like drones before them, miniature satellites are beginning to fundamentally transform our conceptions of who gets to do what up above our heads.

Machines can't handle things they haven't seen many times before.

Many of the coolest gadgets this year are the same as the coolest gadgets last year—or the year before, even.

Most of them had never been abroad before.

My idea was to photograph this beautiful and very unique coastline, rich in history, before it's too late—as a last witness.

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, less-educated parents.

No, and he was away before I could get hold of the letter.

Once armed with a method for gaining access to iPhones, the government could ask to use it proactively, before a suspected terrorist attack—leaving Apple in a bind as to whether to comply or risk an attack and suffer a public-relations nightmare.

Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like "acting before thinking" and "persistence in reaching goals".

Scan the highlights of this year's Consumer Electronics Show CES, and you may get a slight feeling of having seen them before.

since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco- Roman and Italian

So if you are a student who always reviews over black coffee, perhaps it would be sensible to prime yourself with a cup before the exam.

So I've just got to do my best, and take a couple of seconds to look through the first few lines before I launch into something.

Some of these images include figures never seen before in France, such as a woman playing a stringed instrument, possibly a character from mythology.

Still, if late sleepers want to lose a few pounds, they can go to bed earlier than they usually do, thereby reducing their chances of taking snacks before bedtime.

The 83% of American employees who are stressed about their jobs – up from 73% just a year before – say that poor compensation and an unreasonable workload are their number-one sources of stress.

The first thing every bank will do is study how much money I have and how much debt I have before they decide whether or not to lend me any more money.

The image which also contained novel descriptions of ants, fascinated a European audience that was more concerned with the exotic story unfolding before them than the gender of the person who painted it.

The passengers often say that seeing animals makes them feel much better, and helps them to calm down before a flight.

The researchers also note the recession hit some years before we see the beginning of the well-being drop, and before the steepest well-being decline, which occurred in 2013.

There is another reason why I want to chat with you before Monday.

To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.

Two years before, a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a third had made no significant gains in such mental abilities during their school years.

Upon reflection, however, it is equally easy to feel like you have seen it all before.

We have the ability to connect seemingly different threads to solve problems we've never seen before.

Weather conditions that drive this bizarre temperature surge have visited the Arctic before.

We've talked about Hume before in class, right?

When we're too collaborative, we want everyone to agree with a decision before we proceed.

without those masses of cooling sea ice, warm air brought to the Arctic can penetrate further inland than it ever did before.

You have to wait for the speaker to deliver quite a chunk of language before you then put it into the second language, which puts your short-term memory under intense stress.

A dog's eating habit requires regular training before it is properly established.

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

A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train.

A month before the marathon, the author made up his mind to run.

A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night's sleep.

According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about environmental problems.

According to the passage, children's fear and dislike of books may result from being made to read aloud before others.

All bookings made before 12 September will receive free travel insurance for.

Also, sometimes pre-anger does not have to do with a lasting condition, but rather a temporary state before a triggering event has occurred.

Amazingly, Taylor had just taken a CPR course the day before.

An active reader looks at each part of the graph before trying to interpret the data.

And if you want to make a change, please call me before march the 10th.

And mp3 players, smart phones, and LCD TVs entered homes in 2002, before tablets and e-readers showed up in 2007.

And the story poses an interesting question: why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before?

And, before I finish, let me just give you some advice which should make your stay more enjoyable.

As always, you should stretch at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries.

As recently reported in The Auk: ornithological advances, some mother birds may teach their young to sing even before they hatch?

Before birth, babies can tell the difference between loud sounds and voices.

Before choices are finalised, parents/careers will be asked to.

Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! he didn't have food, water, a phone, or other supplies.

Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadn't realized the medal was missing.

Before I knew it an hour had passed and it was time to move on to lunch.

Before long, the cat began to look ragged (蓬乱).

Before modern medicine changed the laws of nature, many children died of common childhood diseases.

Before people retire, they usually plan to do a lot of great things, which they never had time to do while working.

Before she could react, I gave her a big hug and told her she didn't need to keep it a secret from me.

Before starting their programme, students are expected to take a language test.

Before Steve finished "melancholy flower, " his wife join didn't fully realize the value of her husband's music.

Before that there was no freedom.

Before the 1830s, most newspapers were sold through annual subscriptions in America, usually $8 to $10 a year.

Before the school year ended, I gave the kids a special gift, t-shirts with the words "verbs are your friends" on them.

Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn't touch the price per pound offered by California farms.

Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-freed condors died of electrocution.

Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance.

Before we finish, can you offer any tips on becoming a better songwriter?

Before you came over, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in.

Betty Byrnes remembered when her mother did not have time to wash all the dishes before an inspection.

But before I go, I'd like to invite you out for dinner — just to thank you for all the help you gave me during my three-month research work here.

But before they can be assured, more efforts must be made, because the population of the crane in the wild is on the decline, and many other species appear headed toward extinction.

But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one.

But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.

But there are still a few things I need to do before I go.

But they will have to find the were-rabbit before gun-crazy hunter victor Quartermaine who is desperate to kill it.

Changing levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers' bodies develop adult characteristics, but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pm.

Currently, most ingredients must be changed to a paste (糊状物）before a printer can use them, and the printing process is quite time-consuming, because ingredients interact with each other in very complex ways.

Depending on the kind of race you plan to enter, you can set up a timetable for the remaining weeks before the race.

Each time you get a headache, write down the date, the time, and what you were doing and feeling before your headache started.

Even though we can't live forever, we are living a longer life than ever before.

First they collected sound data from 67 nests in four sites in queensland before and after hatching.

Fortunately, Natalie's family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the city's bridge closed.

Four years before, she'd had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with.

Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the antArctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.

He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled, yet his smile was still as heartwarming as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good life for his family.

Here, different types of tea are tasted by skilled tea tasters, before they're sold at each week's tea sale.

However, just before the annual giant vegetable competitions, an enormous rabbit begins terrorising the town.

I carefully extended a long carrot, with a keen eye on those teeth, and before long, there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching on carrots.

I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark.

I go back years ago, when we lived in a three-room house, when we got up before daylight and worked till after dark to make ends meet.

I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his graduation from high school and remained the same caring person I met forty years before.

I need to talk about my new program with him before he leaves.

I needn't have worried before I came to the new school, for my classmates here are very friendly to me.

I never felt an urge to learn any sign language before.

I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time.

If the line segment angled dawn, as between day 4 and day 5, it would mean that the bird flew fewer kilometers than the day before.

If you miss this chance, it may be years before you get another one.

If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags.

In that case, eat before the flight, or an empty stomach will prevent you from sleeping.

In the 1960s,while studying the volcanic history of Yellowstone national park,bob christiansen became puzzled about something that,oddly,had not troubled anyone before：he couldn't find the park's volcano.

It had been possiblebut not easyto buy single copies of newspapers before 1830, but this usually meant the reader had to go down to the printer's office to purchase a copy.

It has been really cold lately and the school should consider letting the students in to get warm before the weather gets even colder.

It has done it many times before.

It requires no training before employment.

It was raining lightly when I arrived in Yangshuo just before dawn.

Jeff had hunted in Lowa before Thanksgiving with his dog, Rosie, but the gun shots had scared the dog off.

Just before september, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm.

Leroy Chiao describes what happens even before you float out of your seat, your inner ear thinks you're falling.

Long before most of us even noticed what we now call "the environment," Buckminster Fuller said, "Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting."

Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening.

More students than ever before are taking a gap year before going to university.

My room is a mess, but I needn't clean it before I go out tonight.

My ten-year-old was growing and changing right before my eyes, into this determined human being with a passion and a mission.

Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after day I kept coming up with solutions, but none of them worked.

Now, in the second picture, you can see how tea is tasted in the tea trade center before it is sold.

Oh my! My car broke down, and I have to meet my aunt at the railway station before noon.

One day soon after school had started, I said to them, " now I'm going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before.

One day, Glenn Furst's mother put oil on the kitchen floor just before the inspector entered their house.

One is that these instincts appear at a very young age before most parents have started to train children to behave socially.

Owain James, the president of the National Union of Students NUS, argued that the increase is evidence of student hardship – young people are being forced into earning money before finishing their education.

People have stronger senses than before.

Several boys were crowding around chad, who declared with a proud smile that he sold six dozen the day before.

Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the south pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography.

She has turned down several invitations to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies after school she plans to take a year off to model full time before going to university to get a degree in engineering or architecture.

She left before I could even make it to the door to offer my thanks.

So, get an early start and try to be as productive as possible before lunch.

Some of you may have heard of him before.

Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people.

Students must provide their presentations on CDs before Friday, March 23.

Students should have a proper attitude towards college before thinking about which college to attend, and it's never too early to make necessary preparations for a healthy and meaningful college experience.

Thank you george, but I've decided to travel a bit before finding another job.

The baseline here is average global temperature before the start of the industrial age.

Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629,There were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston.

The theory also seems to explain the sudden and unexpected popularity of people was wearing, promoting or developing whatever it is before anyone else paid attention.

Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975,is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket.

Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern reader shave little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

Big retailers must understand these differences before they can identify the segments of European wholesaling in which their particular abilities might unseat smaller but entrenched competitors.

The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us； where before we were experts in the array of limitations， now we become authorities of what is possible.

Not surprisingly, up to half of all doctoral students in English drop out before getting their degrees.

It was a year before she became head of a tiny Internet-based commodities exchange.

Although more than half of Harvard undergraduates end up in law, medicine or business, future doctors and lawyers must study a non- specialist liberal-arts degree before embarking on a professional qualification.

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.

Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.

During the decade before the economic crisis, spending on legal services in America grew twice as fast as inflation.

Carter sifted through rubble in the Valley of the Kings for seven years before he located the tomb in 1922.

As Nature has pointed out before, there are some legitimate concerns about how science prizes—both new and old—are distributed.

Yet two years before Dicken’s birth, his mother’s father was caught stealing and fled to Europe, never to return.

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

Bush all had offices in this building before becoming president.

"Carry a book with you at all times" can actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down.

"Speaking with your children before you make a real estate decision is wise, but I wouldn't base the purchasing decision solely on their opinions." Hampson said.

After all, it was rumored that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a connection.

Asked about his choice of career, he says at high school he considered medical school before switching to electrical engineering.

Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe.

Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction.

Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults.

Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629, there were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston.

But the researchers believe that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad news breaks, even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred.

Carter sifted through rubble in the Valley of the kings for seven years before he located the tomb in 1922.

Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them.

Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice shows up: The divorced male doesn't have a waiting period before he can remarry while the woman must wait ten months.

Dr simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one before that, then the score for the next applicant would drop by an average of 0.075 points.

Enjoy the beauty of the world around and keep the eyes open to see the possibilities before you.

Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction that would foreshadow many ethical questions to be raised by technologies yet to come.

Even dairy farms, where robots do a small share of milking, have a long way to go before they're automated.

Everybody wants to know how the people who will soon inhabit those empty office cubicles will differ from those who came before them.

For many people, especially those with serious health condition or family members with serious health conditions,before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance.

I found, as Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their husbands to be, first and foremost, conversational partners, but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.

If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face, we can take a moment before buying.

If you've explored the area before, keep an eye out for familiar sights—you may be surprised how quickly identifying a distinctive rock or tree can restore your bearings.

In it, a mother is asked to interact with her child in a normal way before putting on a blank expression and not giving them any visual social feedback.

In many such cases, a cursory search for causes finds that some small group of people was wearing, promoting, or developing whatever it is before anyone else paid attention.

Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000from its year ago level.

Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

More than half of all British scientific research is now published under open access terms: either freely available from the moment of publication, or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general rel

Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket.

Now, rivals will be charging sales tax where they hadn't before.

Some people like small talk in a meeting before digging into important matters, while other are more straightforward.

Stephenson suggested potential restrictions could include banning TV advertisements for foods high in fat, salt or sugar before 9 pm and limiting them on billboards or in cinemas.

Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim, which can drive the less-experienced or-determined students away.

The phrase "less is more" was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at Am

The tester would ask, "What's in here? "before looking into the container, smiling, and exclaiming, "Wow!"

Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before, with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.

Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of "float" — it takes several days before a check is cashed and funds are withdrawn from the issuer's account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meant

This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.

Workers tended to be diligent for the first few days of the week in any case, before hitting a plateau and then slackening off.

Yet two years before Dickens' birth, his mother's father was caught stealing and fled to Europe, never to return.

Young people who are still getting started in life were more likely than older adults to prioritize personal fulfillment in their work, to believe they will advance their careers most by regularly changing jobs, to favor communities with more public servi