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

A company showed a new voice technology able to produce such a convincing human-sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist.

A latest study on the college job market showed that employers wanted to hire 22% fewer graduates this year than last.

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 neighborhood girl I'd played with millions of times appeared with the exact same basket fixed to her shiny, new bike that already had all the bells and whistles.

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 recent study of public opinion shows that in modern Britain people regard themselves socially different.

A restaurant in Spain uses a foodie to \re-create forms and pieces\ of food that are \exactly the same, \ freeing cooks to complete other tasks.

A study found that a strong nifio in 1997-98 helped America's economy grow by 15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the midwest gained from extra rain.

A study of British accents during 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC newsreader was viewed as the most attractive voice.

A study shows the students who are engaged in after-school activities are happier than those who are not.

A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comParison to total waste, the concentration of gold and other precious metals was higher in so-called e-waste than in nature.

A thoughtful official passed on some of the copies to the park authorities on the assumption that they might make a nice blow-up for one of the visitors' centers.

A three-week trial at Holborn last year found that the number of people using escalators at any time of could be raised by almost a third.

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

A year later, I reached my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that I've been given a second life to devote to something that is meaningful and enormous.

Acts of generosity can change lives or just give you that warm feeling full of love.

Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones.

Advertisements persuade us that newer is better and that we will be happier with the latest products.

After all, \patty poem\ gave me my love for poetry not because it was the poem that lifted my spirits, but because it was the one that hurt me the most.

After all, if we adapt in that way, we may avoid the need to change in so many others.

After all, not everyone has realized that wildlife has thoughts, feelings, and most importantly, equal rights to survive.

After less than a week, I started noticing that the groceries were running out pretty quickly — we were always suddenly out of something.

After questioning 1, 000 mothers with children under 18, it found that , on most days, mums started their routine work at 7am and finished at around 11pm.

After reading some history books on how the first group of Chinese immigrants survived in America of the 19th century, she has become keen on her own family history and that of others.

After running hundreds of tests, the researchers noted that the monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time, indicating that they were performing a calculation, not just memorizing the value of each combination.

After several weeks' successful work, I began to notice that egg production was going down.

After that, feeling the need to explore further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club's meetings.

After that, I'll have a meeting with him over lunch.

After the concert, Naomi told the family that Steve's music was beautiful and professional.

Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources.

Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be moved again while the city was quiet.

All right, I'll finish school at five o'clock, and I'm free after that.

Almost a month ago, he bought popular word game that used little pieces of wood with different letters on them.

Almost half of that winds up in landfills, and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans.

Although Dr Dominoni has only studied light pollution, other research concluded that robins living in noisy cities have started to sing at night to make themselves heard over loud noise.

Although the job takes a significant amount of time, most students agree that the experience is worth it.

Always keep in mind that your main task is to get this company running smoothly.

Always remember that your best ideas might come when your head is actually in the clouds.

An assumption behind UK insurance for driverless cars, introduced earlier this year, insists that a human \be watchful and monitoring the road\ at every moment.

An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt.

An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about.

An important negative effect of gossip is that it causes unpleasant experiences.

An old joke that was popular at the time went something like this: a man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street.

And at that moment, I made the decision: I will develop and follow a personal growth plan for my life.

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

And if a predator can move on to another species that is easier to find when a prey species becomes rare, the switch allows the original prey to recover.

And if you have your lecture notes or the article in hand, you and the professor will be able to examine specific points that are confusing to you, rather than just talking in a general way about the contents.

And if you're upset about that, then what's the point?

And it is not just robins that are being kept awake by artificial light.

And I've found that the possibilities that lie within books are limitless.

And that will be a busy weekend.

And the appearance of new-born giants suggests that newcomers can make waves, too.

And though one of the executives acknowledged that Brutus had the good of the republic in mind, Caesar was nevertheless his superior.

And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction.

Anderson believed that the smarter a child is, the less likely he gets addicted to TV.

Andy, you've been standing in front of that sandwich counter forever.

Anger is a particularly strong feeling and Maybe people think that they have reasons to feel angry.

Anna just emailed to say that the managers' meeting is put off till next Monday.

Another argument against television is that it replaces reading as a form of entertainment.

Another important design goal is communication, which designers have improved by lowering the walls that separate workstations.

Another is that the helping behaviors are not improved if the children are rewarded.

Another nice thing is that you learn both new words and their use unconsciously, meaning that you will tend to use the words learned/learnt this way in conversations almost automatically.

Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort.

Another unique human characteristic is that we walk upright.

Any smell might attract natural enemies that would try to eat the little comforting pats.

Approaching the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window.

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

As a child, few people guessed that he was going to be a famous scientist whose theories would change the world.

As a first-year, I was afraid to make any noise towards campus issues that I noticed.

As a result, humans developed a range of character types that still exists today.

As a result, in the last twenty years or so, many people have come to believe that whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, going against which will be like trying to turn the clock back.

As a result, people will eat more food to try to make up for that something missing.

As a retired ear doctor, I heartily recommend TV ears to people with normal hearing as well as those with hearing loss.

As for crowds, a Hong Kong study found that they increased a restaurant's reputation, suggesting great food at fair prices.

As for the USA, it is almost unique among developed nations in having a population that is expected to grow by 20% from 2010—2030.

As I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would.

As I watch her chase after a squirrel, throwing her whole being into the here-and-now of an exercise that has never once ended in victory.

As shown here, Lainey can become excited about reading when presented with literature on topics that interest her, and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process.

As some psychologists put it, \It is not that children are little scientists but that scientists are big children.\

As the co-founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition NYFC (美国青年农会) and a family farmer myself, I have a front-row seat to the innovations among small farmers that are transforming the industry.

As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no threat and didn't escape.

As the months went by, I began to realize that I actually wanted to walk misty.

As their world expanded, she said, children compared themselves to others online in a way that was \hugely damaging in terms of their self-identity, in terms of their confidence, but also in terms of their ability to develop themselves\.

As you go through this book, you will find that each of the millions of people who lived through world war ii had a different experience.

At college, Barack Obama didn't know that he was to become the first black president of the united states of America.

At my high school, there were about only four active club and organizations that students could be a part of.

At that moment, I remembered that my father once said, \ the classroom is a place for learning and that include leaning from textbooks, and mistake as well.\

At that time the Beatles entered the world of music from Liverpool.

Axani wrote in his post that he is not looking for anything in return and that the woman who uses the looking for ticket can choose to either travel with him or take the ticket and travel on her own.

Bach died in 1750, but it was not until the early 19th century that his musical gift was fully recognized.

Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that lost dog.

Back in 1983, two scientists, Jack Schultz and Ian Baldwin, reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighboring plants can get.

Because of that, this part of my trip has become more pleasant.

Before that there was no freedom.

Being better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.

Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead.

Better sewers make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach.

Between the ages of about 12 and 50, women produce hormones that are involved in fertility (生育能力).

Body language can give away a lot about your mood, so standing with your arms folded can send out a signal that you are being defensive.