Word: brained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vietnam War (although he looks physically fit to me)." It seems Stallone went to an elite private school in Switzerland, then from 1967 to 1969 studied acting at the University of Miami. On his acting days at Miami, Stallone reflects: "I learned it was possible to function without brain waves for two years." Then as U.S. fortunes sagged in Vietnam, Stallone in the early 1970s worked on producing soft core porn movies...
...Crimson had all that time to prepare its story, it gave only a partial and somewhat hazy account of Dr. Mark's position. It also omitted information that would be regarded as essential background by journalistic standards of even modest integrity: that Dr. Mark has, in the past, advocated brain surgery as at least a partial solution to the problem of urban violence...
...tale, some have so little sense of self that they cannot recall whether events happened to them or to someone they knew. Moreover, Shepard characters rarely speak lyrically; he keeps their language as mud-bound as their lives. Plummer is allowed poetically disjointed speeches only because her character is brain damaged. That infirmity also leads to harrowing scenes of reptilian rage at the brother who tries to help her, pathetic palsy as she learns to walk again, and a confused seduction of her husband's loyal brother (Aidan Quinn) when he comes to make peace. The entire cast, especially Quinn...
Traumatic Brain Injury: Silent Epidemic: Marilyn Spivak, Cambridge Forum, 3 Church St, Harvard, Cambridge...
Modern computers are usually "the exact antithesis" of the human bram, says Etzioni, who works in conjunction with Hewitt. While the brain works relatively slowly yet can do several things simultaneously, the computer runs quickly but can handle only one thing at a time...