Word: braine
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plaintiffs were a grim collection of the walking wounded. Mary Farnan, who has been smoking since age 11, has lung cancer that has spread to her brain. Frank Amodeo's throat cancer forces him to eat through a hole in his stomach. Loren Lowery, a Vietnam veteran, has had part of his tongue cut out and his jaw replaced twice. Not the kind of opponents you'd want to challenge in front of a jury...
...derives from the four types of structures that its unusual athletes leap from--buildings, antennas, spans (bridges) and earth (cliffs). Equipped with rectangular canopy chutes, toggles for steering, a knowledge of which way the wind is blowing, no reserve chutes (as compared with skydivers) and a special arrangement of brain cells, participants jump to conclusions from great and forbidden heights, or from little ones where a chute has little time to open. Until they release their chutes, they fall at 60 m.p.h. The end is often unsatisfactory...
...tissue destruction. In fact, many researchers believe the real destructive power of Alzheimer's comes not from the plaques but from the immune system's overreaction to them. The vaccine might also cross-react with other proteins, triggering an autoimmune reaction in which the body attacked its own brain cells...
This summer, I'm surrounded by people who like the very same things I do, enjoying myself. I'm being exposed to the type of music that of late has seized my brain and not let go. It's terrific, and I don't want it to end. And as far as I know, should my burgeoning plans follow through to the letter, I'm going to be an entertainment lawyer when I finish with my education. The work I'm doing now is forming stronger and broader foundations in an industry I hadn't really considered. I once thought...
...during pregnancy to serious psychological problems in children. Prepubescent boys whose moms smoked are four times as likely to steal, set fires, lie or exhibit other aggressive behavior. Adolescent girls, meanwhile, are five times as likely to abuse drugs. Why? One theory is that nicotine may affect the developing brain...