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Whether non-nutritive sweeteners are safe depends on your definition of 'safe,' studies leading to FDA approval of these sweeteners have ruled out cancer risk for the most part. However, those studies were done using far smaller amounts of diet soda than many people drink. We really don’t know what effect large amounts of these chemicals will have over many years. – Debra Nessel	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This study was the first to test the hypothesis that the behaviors in anorexia nervosa meet the cognitive neuroscience definition of ‘habit’, we found that while patients with anorexia nervosa make choices about food, they show related activity in the dorsal striatum, whereas healthy individuals do not. This suggests different neural mechanisms are active for these individuals. – Joanna Steinglass	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in, in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Girls are learning at the youngest ages that their value comes from how they look, and the definition of attractive is very narrowly defined as being sexy or sassy (for the younger girls), sexuality is imposed upon them inappropriately, and they are encouraged to define their bodies -- not by how their bodies feel to themselves, but by how they look to others. This creates vulnerabilities for girls to the pitfalls we worry about -- distorted body image, eating disorders, depression and unhealthy sexual behavior. – Peggy Orenstein	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm always a little puzzled when any women of any age, but particularly a young woman, says something like, 'Well, I believe in equal rights but I'm not a feminist.' Well, a feminist is by definition someone who believes in equal rights, it just means that we believe women have the same rights as men. Politically, culturally, socially, economically. That's what it means. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Generally, airguns are not defined as firearms under state or federal law because of the numerous negative effects such a definition would create. – Jennifer Baker	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Some of those are very sophisticated, they’re high-definition security systems. – George Filenko	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The whole thing is ridiculous, albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and again and expecting different results. – Michael Hershman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and again and expecting different results, they have a clear road map from those three efforts... this is an enormous waste of time, energy and money. – Albert Einstein	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For the past 26 years there have been times when Bob and I have felt compassion for Roderick Nunley, Taylor and their families only to remember how frightened Ann must have been, the total fear she felt when she was bound and unable to defend herself while listening to them discuss how they were going to kill her. The pain she felt when they stabbed her, not once, but at least 10 times. That is the true definition of unusual pain and suffering. The only closure that our family will have is knowing that justice for Ann has been attained and that we are finally through with the judicial system. – Bob Harrison	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the words of Oleg Sentsov – a trial by the occupier cannot be just by very definition. – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This administration has gotten really hyperactive in expanding dramatically what the definition of federal waters are. To get a permit to put a culvert in for your field? Or to get a permit for a drainage ditch or a drainage pond? they impose their will top down. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I am proud and honored to have the opportunity to work with Donald J. Trump, the very definition of the American success story. Mr. Trump has set the standards of excellence in many arenas, including real estate, sports, and entertainment - and now, in American politics. – Michael Glassner	Found on CNN 8 years ago
How can a judge establish an offence for acts which have no definition? This is what is puzzling me, if you can give me an example, this is better than any other legal discussion. – Alessio Bruni	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Their definition of 'verified' is they look at a piece of paper that Peckham has signed saying, 'We are in compliance ... these people are severely disabled.' And that, to me, is not verification. – Mary Joan Willard	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The standards must be legally enforceable, something that, by definition, voluntary programs are not. – Conrad Schneider	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If people feel misled or deceived, then sorry that they feel that way, but I believe that's more due to their definition and construct of race in their own minds than it is to my integrity or honesty, because I wouldn't say I'm African American, but I would say I'm black, and there's a difference in those terms. – Rachel Dolezal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In fact, if you put Earth where Pluto is, it would be excluded! any definition of planethood that excludes Earth, in any circumstance, is deeply flawed. After all, if there is any object everyone agrees is a planet, it's Earth. – Alan Stern	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The conclusion that the federal procurement definition of an inverted domestic corporation does not apply to Ingersoll Rand was determined following legal review, ingersoll Rand shared the analysis with the Federal Government and works with each procuring agency at the time any submission is made to ensure they are comfortable the company is in compliance with all applicable laws. – Ingersoll Rand spokeswoman Misty Zelent	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Yesterday, the court doubled down with a 5-4 opinion that undermines not just the definition of marriage, but the very foundations of our representative system of government, for those who say the marriage decision yesterday is the law of the land, it is fundamentally illegitimate, it is wrong, it is not law, and it is not the Constitution. – Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Yesterday, Supreme Court Justices re-wrote ObamaCare, yet again, in order to force this failed law on the American people. Today Supreme Court doubled down with a 5-4 opinion that undermines not just the definition of marriage but the very foundations of our representative form of government. – Ted Cruz	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The people of a state are free to expand marriage to include same-sex couples, or to retain the historic definition. – Chief Justice John Roberts	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think that anybody who is still really close to their best friend from grade schools is by definition trustworthy, the people who know, know that. – Bill Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Monetary policy from the Fed is forward looking and GDP by definition is a rear view mirror and the important thing now is that it wasn't a big miss. – Adam Sarhan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Whether non-nutritive sweeteners are safe depends on your definition of 'safe,' studies leading to FDA approval of these sweeteners have ruled out cancer risk for the most part. However, those studies were done using far smaller amounts of diet soda than many people drink. We really don’t know what effect large amounts of these chemicals will have over many years.

– Debra Nessel

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This study was the first to test the hypothesis that the behaviors in anorexia nervosa meet the cognitive neuroscience definition of ‘habit’, we found that while patients with anorexia nervosa make choices about food, they show related activity in the dorsal striatum, whereas healthy individuals do not. This suggests different neural mechanisms are active for these individuals.

– Joanna Steinglass

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in, in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Girls are learning at the youngest ages that their value comes from how they look, and the definition of attractive is very narrowly defined as being sexy or sassy (for the younger girls), sexuality is imposed upon them inappropriately, and they are encouraged to define their bodies -- not by how their bodies feel to themselves, but by how they look to others. This creates vulnerabilities for girls to the pitfalls we worry about -- distorted body image, eating disorders, depression and unhealthy sexual behavior.

– Peggy Orenstein

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I'm always a little puzzled when any women of any age, but particularly a young woman, says something like, 'Well, I believe in equal rights but I'm not a feminist.' Well, a feminist is by definition someone who believes in equal rights, it just means that we believe women have the same rights as men. Politically, culturally, socially, economically. That's what it means.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Generally, airguns are not defined as firearms under state or federal law because of the numerous negative effects such a definition would create.

– Jennifer Baker

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Some of those are very sophisticated, they’re high-definition security systems.

– George Filenko

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The whole thing is ridiculous, albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and again and expecting different results.

– Michael Hershman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and again and expecting different results, they have a clear road map from those three efforts... this is an enormous waste of time, energy and money.

– Albert Einstein

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For the past 26 years there have been times when Bob and I have felt compassion for Roderick Nunley, Taylor and their families only to remember how frightened Ann must have been, the total fear she felt when she was bound and unable to defend herself while listening to them discuss how they were going to kill her. The pain she felt when they stabbed her, not once, but at least 10 times. That is the true definition of unusual pain and suffering. The only closure that our family will have is knowing that justice for Ann has been attained and that we are finally through with the judicial system.

– Bob Harrison

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the words of Oleg Sentsov – a trial by the occupier cannot be just by very definition.

– Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This administration has gotten really hyperactive in expanding dramatically what the definition of federal waters are. To get a permit to put a culvert in for your field? Or to get a permit for a drainage ditch or a drainage pond? they impose their will top down.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I am proud and honored to have the opportunity to work with Donald J. Trump, the very definition of the American success story. Mr. Trump has set the standards of excellence in many arenas, including real estate, sports, and entertainment - and now, in American politics.

– Michael Glassner

Found on CNN
8 years ago

How can a judge establish an offence for acts which have no definition? This is what is puzzling me, if you can give me an example, this is better than any other legal discussion.

– Alessio Bruni

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Their definition of 'verified' is they look at a piece of paper that Peckham has signed saying, 'We are in compliance ... these people are severely disabled.' And that, to me, is not verification.

– Mary Joan Willard

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The standards must be legally enforceable, something that, by definition, voluntary programs are not.

– Conrad Schneider

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If people feel misled or deceived, then sorry that they feel that way, but I believe that's more due to their definition and construct of race in their own minds than it is to my integrity or honesty, because I wouldn't say I'm African American, but I would say I'm black, and there's a difference in those terms.

– Rachel Dolezal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In fact, if you put Earth where Pluto is, it would be excluded! any definition of planethood that excludes Earth, in any circumstance, is deeply flawed. After all, if there is any object everyone agrees is a planet, it's Earth.

– Alan Stern

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The conclusion that the federal procurement definition of an inverted domestic corporation does not apply to Ingersoll Rand was determined following legal review, ingersoll Rand shared the analysis with the Federal Government and works with each procuring agency at the time any submission is made to ensure they are comfortable the company is in compliance with all applicable laws.

– Ingersoll Rand spokeswoman Misty Zelent

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Yesterday, the court doubled down with a 5-4 opinion that undermines not just the definition of marriage, but the very foundations of our representative system of government, for those who say the marriage decision yesterday is the law of the land, it is fundamentally illegitimate, it is wrong, it is not law, and it is not the Constitution.

– Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Yesterday, Supreme Court Justices re-wrote ObamaCare, yet again, in order to force this failed law on the American people. Today Supreme Court doubled down with a 5-4 opinion that undermines not just the definition of marriage but the very foundations of our representative form of government.

– Ted Cruz

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The people of a state are free to expand marriage to include same-sex couples, or to retain the historic definition.

– Chief Justice John Roberts

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think that anybody who is still really close to their best friend from grade schools is by definition trustworthy, the people who know, know that.

– Bill Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Monetary policy from the Fed is forward looking and GDP by definition is a rear view mirror and the important thing now is that it wasn't a big miss.

– Adam Sarhan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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