Word: coate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thank God.' And now I'm on the other side of the door. And I have to stay in the room and be the one with the problem. And I still have to admit to tremendous jealousy of people doing normal, everyday actions. You know, just putting on a coat and walking down a hallway and opening a door and going outside. Rummaging around in the kitchen cabinet for forks and knives. Using the clicker to change channels on the TV. Taking the steps two at a time. All those things you'd think, you know, after a while...
...result is gaping holes in the spinal cord. Long nerve fibers, or axons, that originate in the brain and weave down the spinal cord, eventually connecting with other nerves that branch to muscles as distant as the toes, are torn and stripped of their protective fatty coat of myelin. The myelin sheath is like the rubber coating on electrical wire. Without it, the nerves cannot function...
...borders and slice legal immigration at least in half. Diane Dillingham, a longtime G.O.P. activist but Lamm admirer in Denver, thinks his suck-a-lemon style won't have much appeal. "The average voter doesn't want to hear the truth," she says. "If you don't sugar-coat it, you don't get elected." The solutions Lamm is currently proposing in his "No BS agenda" are viewed by his fans as both essential and impolitic. He wants to raise the age at which retirees can qualify for civil service pensions and cut cost of living adjustments for Social Security...
...sports are unique to the school, like the Wall Game, in which it is virtually impossible to score because the players are huddled in a permanent, muddy scrum against the wall. The last goal was recorded in 1909. Uniforms are complicated. There are variations on the famous black swallowtail coat. Seniors who belong to Pop, an elite self-elected group of academic and sport leaders, have their own version. So do "tugs," the academic upper crust...
...wanted was a simple sandwich. Little did I know.... I ended up in a nearby bar with a very large, very oily tuna sandwich. I brought my meal back to the table amidst stares, which only grew more astonished as I dripped oil all over my lab coat. From then on I brought my own lunch...