Word: amps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...learned that adrenaline works by activating the enzyme phosphorylase. a chemical catalyst that triggers the release of energy-producing glucose. This explains how the body produces additional energy under stress. Then, in 1958, Sutherland isolated a previously unknown chemical called cyclic adenosine 3'5'-monophosphate, or cyclic AMP, that functions in an intermediary role in many hormonal processes...
...discovery was significant. The newly identified substance proved to be a missing link in a long series of biological control mechanisms. Tests showed that hormones do not act directly on their target organs. Instead, they trigger the production of cyclic AMP, which in turn regulates body functions, increasing the rate at which some take place, slowing down the rate of others. "I like to call it a second messenger," said Sutherland of AMP. Subsequent research showed that his description is apt. Studies have established, for example, that when adrenaline output is increased by fear or anxiety...
...system known as Area Mail Processing, mail is picked up and taken directly off to distribution centers where huge, highspeed letter sorters shuffle through thousands of pieces formerly handled by local post offices. Instead of postmarking a letter with the name of the town where it was mailed, the AMP machines simply stamp envelopes with the phrase "U.S. Postal Service," followed by an abbreviation of the state and the first three digits of the area's zip code...
Today there are 22 AMP centers, with more to come, and many resonant place names are vanishing from American envelopes. Letters from Concord, Mass., for example, are trundled off to the AMP center in Framingham. Gone will be such postmarks as Shickshinny, Pa., and Truth or Consequences, N. Mex. If these pieces of Americana must disappear, however, the postal authorities might consider labeling letters with, say, "Somewhere in Oklahoma." That would at least cover the loss with an air of jaunty mystery...
WHEN I first arrived in Vientiane, I went to the Government Tourist Office to get amp of the city. At 10 a.m. when I arrived at the dilapidated Tourist Office, I found the door open but no one inside. I was tired and sat down to read a book I had with me. About half an hour later, a man in a coat and tie arrived smiled at me politely and said hello. I responded likewise and asked if he had a map of the city. He responded, "No speak English, sorry." I repeated the question in French, which...