Word: adrenalin
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...group of researchers at Ohio State University Hospitals wanted to know whether the body, in its responses to stress, distinguishes between anger and fear. And since it is known that the body's arousal mechanism depends heavily upon an outpouring of adrenalin, the researchers also wanted to know what would happen if the activity of the adrenal glands was suppressed...
Part of that regimen is politics, and it is impossible to conceive of the man returning quietly to civilian life, mellowered by defeat. If he loses his adrenalin will force him to try again
...under way in 1962. Buoyed by last August's partial test ban treaty, most Western and neutral negotiators expected action this time and greeted a new five-point program from President Johnson as a hopeful starting point. "The U.S.," said one old disarmament warrior, "is pumping so much adrenalin into this old horse that it may die of a heart attack...
...researchers, using Hoechst dyes, learned that they could stain living and dead tissue to study the origin and spread of diseases. Famed Microbiologist Robert Koch used Hoechst dyes to discover the organisms causing anthrax and tuberculosis. Over the years, Hoechst scientists developed Novocain, the first effective local anesthetic, produced Adrenalin, the first synthetic hormone, and opened the way for the company's huge expansion into plastics by discovering how to produce polyvinyl. In 1925 Hoechst joined the other giant German chemical companies in the I. G. Farben combine. After the war, when the Allies broke up the combine, Hoechst...
...have taken a new turn, it is very likely that Reid's right hand will soon be busier than ever. Since last spring's sweeping strikes in the mines of the north, the activities of the anti-Franquistas has increased markedly. The success of those work stoppages acted like adrenalin on the groups opposing the regime, which had passed a number of years in a wilderness of frustrated possibilities. Representing all conceivable shades of the political spectrum, they have once again begun to consider practical programs aimed at the overthrow or attenuation of the Franco government...