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Word: chronical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...tolerant in many ways, but this physicality of not being able to stand each others’ smell stops any kind of communication.” The wall paint contains synthetic replicas of chemicals characteristic of the sweat generated by individuals with varying chronic phobias. Over the course of five years, Tolaas gained the trust of the nine men whose body odors are featured in the exhibit, collecting their sweat after they were exposed to fear-inducing stimuli. Using advanced technology, the scents were analyzed and reproduced in chemical form. These chemicals in turn were mixed into wall paint through...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MIT Exhibits Fear Smell | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...Along with the iron fist, Pinochet epitomized another specter that still haunts Latin America: a dogmatic mind. If it continues, the region's addiction to ideological governance - the chronic oscillation between right-wing and left-wing - will keep it from entering the 21st century as surely as Pinochet and leftist despots like Fidel Castro kept it from entering the 20th. Chileans seemed to indulge the old habits Sunday night as Pinochet backers and haters squared off in the streets. But perhaps the reason that Chile's democratic institutions are still more the exception than the rule in South America today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Legacy: Gen. Augusto Pinochet | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...happens—due to chronic jetlag and the menacing complexity of foreign keyboards, one must assume—I have been reduced to piecing together the details from secondary sources (aka, Facebook.com and my mother...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Greetings from Cambridge, Mass. | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

Wiggles Lose Star Kids' singer has chronic illness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Next: Dec. 11, 2006 | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

Terrified of bees, snakes and swimming pools? ACCIDENTS 109,277 Maybe you should worry more about your heart DISEASES 2.3 million Other diseases 681,150 Diabetes 74,219 Chronic lower-respiratory disease 126,382 Stroke 157,689 Cancer 556,902 Heart disease 685,089 All other deaths 8,364 Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Transportation Safety Board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Americans Are Living Dangerously | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

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