Word: affectedness
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Hobson says that the metabolism is affected because the aminergic neurons, which rest during REM sleep, get a chance to replenish their supply of neurotransmitters. These chemicals control the functions of learning, memory and attention spans. he says.
Maintaining a regular schedule can also be a problem for would-be tutors. While tutoring at the Fletcher School, Powell says he found what time he tutored affected his success. "There are some situations where [tutoring] works better than others," he says. "I saw the kids at the end of...
Federal law requires the State Transportation Authority to consult community advisory groups as it plans projects such as this one. Salvucci complied by creating the Alewife Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC), a group of local and regional planners from the three towns to be affected--Cambridge, Arlington and Belmont.
In its crusade to protect the unborn, the Reagan Administration planned to forbid federally funded family-planning clinics to even mention abortion to women seeking their services. The restriction, which was to take effect March 3, would have affected 4,000 clinics and 4.3 million patients a year. Last week...
Critics will point to Gore's youth and to his "patrician background" as making him unfit to be president. Yet "patrician backgrounds" hardly affected the ability of FDR and JFK to govern on behalf of the less fortunate members of our society. Those who bring up Gore's age do...