Word: bloodstreams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Medicine. Through its myriad glands-and the hormones they secrete into the bloodstream-the endocrine system acts as a kind of bodily Mission Control, regulating a variety of functions, from growth to sexual activity. The three winners of the prize in physiology or medicine helped unravel the mysteries of that system-and pointed to dramatic new ways of controlling it when it goes awry...
ANOTHER MEMORABLE SCENE has Benson, whose bloodstream is described by his roommate as "purer than Rocky Mountain spring water," taking a hit of speed at practice to, er, liven up his game. Of course, he goes absolutely wild, running around and jumping up and down like a madman while his teammates stand around and giggle helplessly. Benson is a fair actor, but his part doesn't demand all that much besides wide-eyed innocence, with an appropriate burst of emotion. Spradlin turns in a solid performance as the fiendish coach, and O'Toole is passable as the lover. The worst...
Many economists see rebates as a quick fix for the economy. No other form of tax reliefer federal spending, they argue, moves so swiftly into the economic bloodstream. Says Otto Eckstein of Data Resources Inc. and a member of the TIME Board of Economists: "In 1975 we learned that a temporary tax cut lifts retail sales. It was spent fully within two or three months." The Carter forces are counting on the rebates to encourage business to spend more on expansion, since consumer purchasing power will be increased. While the 1976 recovery was sparked by inventory rebuilding and consumer spending...
...Medicine seems to hold unusual promise: it is a small (two-inch diameter), doughnut-shaped flexible plastic ring that a woman can insert into her vagina. It prevents conception, not by blocking the sperm, as does the diaphragm, but by releasing a small steady trickle of steroids into the bloodstream through the mucous membranes of the vagina. The quantity is sufficient to prevent ovulation, says Mishell, but should be low enough to avoid the Pill's potentially hazardous side effects...
...North America, the Colonies have already suffered more than 50 epidemics. The disease is extremely contagious, often fatal, and there is no known cure. But there is a highly controversial and dangerous treatment: inoculation. This consists of placing pus from a blister on an infected person directly into the bloodstream of a healthy one. In theory, this causes a mild form of the disease and therefore protects the inoculated person from ever catching it again. But because of the dangers, not only to the person being inoculated but to others who risk contagion, the treatment is prohibited in many colonies...