Word: boosting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after three freshmen combined for a total of five goals and five assists in three games, perhaps depending on the rookies for a little extra boost isn't such a terrible thing...
Alas, James Joyce's The Dead (adding the author's name still won't boost the group sales) turns out to be neither wondrous nor wacky but just kind of wan. The musical numbers, written in traditional Irish style by Shaun Davey, are, with a couple of exceptions, simply songs being performed at Julia and Kate Morkan's annual Christmastime gathering--a gathering that provides an epiphany for their nephew Gabriel...
...matrix metaloproteinase inhibitors, a new kind of drug that can be taken orally to block the enzymes a tumor uses to break down the cells of surrounding tissue and invade it. Vaccines cobbled together from whole cancer cells or bits and pieces of those cells have been shown to boost the body's immune system, helping it recognize and kill tumors on its own. "This was all a dream five years ago," marvels John Minna, director of the Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas...
Dermatologists have long known that inactive hair follicles aren't dead; they're just catatonic. Drugs like Rogaine can rouse some of them to boost hairiness by a few percentage points. But true hair regrowth has so far eluded the experts...
...second time this season, the Harvard women's volleyball team used a road victory over the UNH Wildcats to boost its self-esteem after suffering through a disappointing weekend...