Word: brained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...right-hand man to Generals Dwight Eisenhower and Mark Clark in World War II and European commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from 1953 to 1956; of pneumonia; in Washington, D.C. Gruenther was able to crunch huge amounts of data down to the essentials, earning the nickname "the brain." Recommended for the NATO post by Ike, Gruenther kept Allied forces in such a high state of readiness that some NATO members concluded, to his distress, that they could cut their troops and attend to other commitments...
...Endowment for Divestiture was the brain-child of SASC, which suggested the idea to a group of about 40 seniors, many of whom had been active in campus political organizations the semester before. The newly formed Undergraduate Council supported the plan, and voted to act as administrator of the fund...
...must take to heart is not simply that our current elected representatives are heinous. Rather, they must recognize that the economic problems now affecting the country are more deeply rooted than traditional slogans and trigger responses can handle. Responsible leaders must consider it their task to direct money and brain power toward a more centralized economic coordination system--one which will aid growing business, ease the transition for dying ones, and guarantee productive and protected employment for everyone who desires...
Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that stress triggers chemical changes in the brain. Particularly sensitive to emotional strains are the concentrations of potent chemicals called neurotransmitters, which act as messengers between nerve cells. Among these messengers: serotonin, epinephrine (previously called adrenaline), norepinephrine, acetylcholine and dopamine. In a study at Stanford, rats were forced to swim in 4°C water for three minutes. Examination of their brain tissue afterward revealed that levels of norepinephrine had fallen 20% and epinephrine 30% to 40%. Scientists also discovered that the body produces its own painkillers, morphine-like chemicals named endorphins...
...late 1981 scientists at the Salk Institute synthesized the remarkable chemical that triggers the body's stress reactions. As illustrated above, the substance, called corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), is produced in the hypothalamus, a tiny but powerful structure sometimes called "the brain's brain." Having duplicated CRF, the Salk scientists now hope to produce a modified version of the chemical that would actually block the body's reaction to stress...