Word: affections
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...known since 1929 that the universe is expanding," Kirshner says. "But we've also known there's gravity. And the question is, `How does gravity affect the cosmic expansion...
...receiving. There was something holier-than-thou about Hart that folks just didn't cotton to. Bill Clinton comes across as a struggling sinner and never implies that he's better than the people who voted for him. At his press conference last week Clinton noted that critics could affect his reputation but not his character. Pretty cool...
Riggs changed his proposal, first by exemptinghistorically single-sex institutions and finallyby rewriting his amendment to affect only publicinstitutions...
...popping Viagra won't grow hair on your palms. But your childhood priest may have been right about another sex-related ailment. The American Academy of Ophthalmology says that the wildly popular potency pill may cause "retinal dysfunction and affect the way we see for a number of hours" -- including giving the world a "bluish tinge," spokesman Dr. Michael F. Marmor said in a statement Monday...
...million combinations to spell out a single human gene. Most of these genes vary from individual to individual by only one chemical letter in a thousand, and it is precisely these minute differences that Hamer and his colleagues are trying to identify. Of particular interest are variations that may affect the operation of such brain chemicals as dopamine and serotonin, which are well-known modulators of mood. The so-called novelty-seeking gene, for example, is thought to affect how efficiently nerve cells absorb dopamine. The so-called anxiety gene is postulated to affect serotonin's action...