Word: center
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When the Chairman, Chiang Ch'ing, and some leading comrades and their troops descended upon Peking in March 1949 and took possession of its center point, the Imperial City, they appropriated for their own use the western section bounded by the central and southern lakes called Chung-nan-hai (literally, Central and Southern Sea). Each leader, and his wife and children -those who had survived the war-were assigned an apartment within this former
...tongue, these clusters of cells are sensitive to the four major taste sensations: sweet, sour, bitter and salt. Physiologists believe that parts of the food molecules actually fit loosely into receptors on the cells, somewhat like a key in a lock, thereby sending a signal to the appropriate center in the brain. If the structure of the sites could ever be determined precisely, chemists might be able to fashion matching molecules that produced the desired taste sensations...
...were largely responsible for instituting the anti-dunk rule in the first place. But size is not quintessential. Alabama's Kent Looney, a 5-ft. 9-in., 141-lb. guard, went over a 7-ft. opponent to stuff a rebound. The country's top dunker is Rutgers Center James Bailey, who has slammed down an incredible 85 jams this year. For Bailey, a lay-up is a lapse of imagination. Aside from individual practitioners of the dunking art, there are teams who make the stuff a group effort. The University of Louisville's official nickname...
...official agenda has been drawn up for the London summit. But when the leaders gather round the mahogany table in the State Dining Room at No. 10 Downing Street, the conversation seems certain to center on these topics...
...atmosphere was jubilant when Feld unveiled his seven-minute romp through Americana at Manhattan's City Center last week. It was the first Broadway run for the troupe that Joseph Papp has housed at the Public Theater for all of its nearly three-year existence. This time the company danced to a real orchestra, playing in the pit, instead of to a solo piano or a tape. The stars were Christine Sarry, Feld's favorite ballerina, and Guest Artist Mikhail Baryshnikov...