Word: boned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inevitable excisions. "The worst thing we can do is dig in our heels," warned Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana. But Weinberger's rigidity was reinforced by the President himself, who dispatched a statement to his beleaguered Defense Secretary advising him to tell Congress that "we have reached the bone and that any further cuts would do severe damage to our national security." Republican leaders were forced to come up with their own suggestions. Warner proposed reducing the size of the armed forces by up to 7%. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici of New Mexico argued that military spending...
...institute's most prominent recent work has come in the field of disease prevention. Two notable projects in this area are a new procedure for transplanting bone marrow which does not require the marrow of a matched donor, and last spring's discovery of a relation between cancer and genetic changes in cells...
...bone marrow discovery could potentially help counteract auto-immune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and arthritis, researchers announced last week. The cancer gene discovery is still being researched, and will not be applied to cancer patients for many years. Other research projects currently underway at the institute include a study of sunlight's effect as a carcinogenic agent, and an inquiry into cell-growth control...
...throbbing of the brain to the beat of the heart, the coursing of blood through a maze of vessels, the dance of molecules in a working muscle, the stealthy growth of a tumor. For generations doctors have hunted for ways to see through skin and bone and into the whirring processes of life. The discovery of the X ray in 1895 by Wilhelm Roentgen opened the first window into the living body and inaugurated a new age in medicine. But anyone who has ever glanced at an X-ray film can perceive its Limitations. The picture gives little sense...
...left foot, the one made of bone china, that left him out of virtually all of the past four seasons, has been rebuilt. "Just being able to walk around is great," Walton rejoices. "To go outside and throw a football with my kids [four sons], to hit a tennis ball. Then, to top it all off, to play in the N.B.A. again." He started back this season playing first once, and then twice weekly for the San Diego Clippers, who won only 17 of 82 National Basketball Association games last year and welcomed even part-time help. The rest...