It's not all that common for us to take a break from our regular, near-obsessive coverage of mobile hardware in order to cover an update to a game like Angry Birds — but given that we know at least a handful of people who break into a cold sweat and start shouting when you pry Angry Birds out of their hands, I figure there's an audience for it.
In the present study, adolescents who smoked marijuana on a regular basis (near daily) were compared to a control group of adolescents on a two-option experimental task designed to measure motivation.
Who, with the NBA's regular season nearing its final stretch, should we be tipping as the Rookie of the Year?
The conventional wisdom in baseball circles, as the regular season neared its end, had been that Boras would dangle the threat of free agency to force the Yankees into a long-term contract extension for Rodriguez.
Recovering regular or near-normal lung function.
"What's that strange contraption?" jokes one of the regulars near the front.
Torre did not emphasize the need for the best regular-season record and rested his regulars near the end.
One minute he was standing in the doorway of the pharmacy, chatting with the regulars near the chair where he often ate his breakfast.
A Practice Shortage As the end of this lockout-shortened regular season drew near, coaches reflected on the difficulty posed by the compressed schedule.
WASHINGTON — Even in a Congress where bipartisanship and comity are now officially the exceptions to the regular order, the near implosion on Capitol Hill on Thursday was notable, as both chambers erupted in a furor that went on for much of the day.
When the bartender — he was young, at least, as were the waitresses — set down my drink, I made a comment about the weather, "Nice day for sunbathing, isn't it?," and the two regulars nearest me glanced up with something like interest in their eyes.
