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- the system of medical insurance for urban workers
- grain collection and storage enterprise
- the responsibility system for financial supervision
- the contract system for governing projects
- n. Litter, particularly plastic bags, but also papers, cups, and food containers. Example Citation: The main focus of the new anti-plastic bag laws are ultra-thin bags less than 0.025 millimetres thick, which are generally disposed of without a second thought and which litter the highways and byways of the country causing "white pollution". —Clifford Coonan, "Innovation in brief," The Irish Times, June 9, 2008 Read more about "white pollution"
- n. The lower than average rate of cardiovascular disease and cancer among Asian people despite a higher than average rate of cigarette smoking. Example Citation: You've heard of the French paradox — red wine apparently helps keep the arteries clear despite all those cream sauces and buttery croissants. But how about the Asian paradox? The term was coined in 2006 by Yale researchers to explain the low rates of heart disease and cancer in countries with high rates of cigarette smoking. One theory: The average 1.2 liters of green tea consumed daily by many people in Asia offers antioxidant protection. —Gigi Lehman, The Supermarket Sleuth: Green tea, The Miami Herald, June 17, 2008
- n. An employee's yearly allotment of vacation days. Example Citation: The survey also found U.S. employees tend to divide their time off into one full "power week," utilizing the rest of their vacation bank as days sprinkled across the calendar to make long weekends or extend holiday breaks. As in 2007, the average U.S. worker has 14 vacation days this year. Just across the Canadian border, our counterparts get an average of 17 vacation days annually. But if you want a real "vacation envy" complex, consider the vacation banks of European workers. France tops the list with an average of 37 days, followed by Italy (33 days), Spain (31), the Netherlands and Austria (28), Germany (27) and Great Britain (26). —Sharon Linstedt, Don't forget to use your vacation time to recharge, Buffalo News, June 16, 2008
- Purchasing products based on how recyclable they are. Example Citation: The produce section, as it turns out, was a good place to illustrate the first rule of "precycling": Don't get any packaging at all. Buy stuff loose. —Sandy Bauers, GreenSpace: Is it recyclable or trash eternal? An expert tells the best choices, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 5, 2008
- n. Rule or domination by children; the belief that children's needs and preferences take precedence over those of their parents or other adults. Example Citation: And I realised, once again, we're living in a perilous new world that says kids, no matter what they do, are always lovely and are always to be encouraged — a new world order where the 'needs' of children rule above all else. So much so, in fact, it now has a name, newly coined in the US: The Kindergarchy. ... In these misguided days of the Kindergarchy, we 'aunties' and 'uncles' must urgently rise up and take far more seriously our responsibilities as increasingly isolated champions of truth in a world of parental illusion. And just the other week, a pretty good start was made. —Sylvia Patterson, Let's put some misery back in our children's lives, Sunday Tribune, July 13, 2008
- n. Military planning that focuses on potential future conflicts rather than on current needs. example: Tory Ann Winterton said there should be greater priority placed on "simple, robust" vehicles rather than complex machinery such as the £16 billion Future Rapid Effects System (Fres) programme and the Eurofighter Typhoon jet. She accused generals and Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials of "next war-itis" — constantly preparing for a future conflict rather than current operations. —David Hughes, "High-tech weapons 'not practical' for Afghanistan," Press Association Newsfile, June 10, 2008