Word: blueprint
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...Cheng, took special pains to avoid the pitfalls that had tripped up investigators in the past. They widened the gap (by removing a quarter inch of spine) to ensure that no nerve tissue remained to produce false-positive results. Then they built their cellular bridges according to a precise blueprint that carefully distinguished between the two kinds of nerve tissue in the spinal cord--white and gray matter. White matter contains the parts of nerves that are surrounded by a substance called myelin, which acts like insulation around an electric wire. Gray matter contains the parts that have no insulating...
Originally published in pamphlet form, The Jewish State acted as the blueprint for Jewish renewal and cultivation in Israel while Jews were still being persecuted throughout Europe. The Jewish State promised independence and sovereignty as well as an end to dependence upon inhospitable hosts for all Jews that were willing to make Aliyah (immigrate) to Israel and work hard at revitalizing the land that had become stagnant since their expulsion from it thousands of years before. Netanyahu's election promises revitalization and reunification of a different sought for the grandchildren of Herzl's generation...
...genetic blueprint has made believing in an Infinite Absolute part of our nature," writes Benson. Evolution has so equipped us, he believes, in order to offset our uniquely human ability to ponder our own mortality: "To counter this fundamental angst, humans are also wired...
...cracking the Top 10 with her band 'Til Tuesday and their million-selling debut single, Voices Carry. Her gorgeously crafted, McCartneyesque melodies and her lyrical bent for evening the score with slippery record execs and self-absorbed lovers not only made for refreshingly pungent pop, it also became the blueprint for today's hottest rock archetype: the take-no-prisoners angry young woman. Mann's first solo album, 1993's Whatever, sold only 130,000 copies but still showed her increasing depth as a songwriter...
...change in the landscape is already remarkable. In 1976 President Ford scored mightily when he blasted his Republican primary challenger for merely talking about the "most extreme and irresponsible blueprint for back-door socialism that I ever heard." Ford's challenger was Ronald Reagan--and all Reagan had done was point out that "some economists" had suggested the system might be saved if Social Security funds could be invested in the stock market, exactly the same "fix" being proposed today...