Word: coax
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alternatively, researchers may be able to coax the body into becoming a little more forgiving. Eating, for example, is possible in part because the + immune system does not mount an attack on something that has passed through the gut. So Harvard's Weiner has begun feeding small doses of myelin to some multiple sclerosis patients in the hopes of increasing their tolerance for the protein. Scientists are also supplementing the diets of people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis with tiny doses of specially prepared collagen...
Steve Mueller, the chiropractor who sparked Robert's interest in the profession, sensed how deeply withdrawn he was. "I called him Bob and treated him like a pal," says Mueller, "trying to coax him out of his shell." Once Robert invited him out to the farm to practice firing his .45-cal. Magnum. "I was struck by this mild young man's fascination with guns," recalls the chiropractor. "He kept shooting at trees as if they were people. That should have been a warning...
...tumor manages to coax nearby blood vessels to come to its aid, it can continue on its growth pattern past the "apartment complex" stage, ballooning up from the size of a pinprick to that of a golf-ball or even larger...
...Kona clinic, Staten has been working to coax Ralph and a handful of others out of desperate isolation. Some of the men have formed a self-help group. At meetings of the new Hawaii Veterans Association, in the town of Captain Cook, they begin to make peace with the demons that haunt them, by discovering that others are haunted as well...
...which the chief is inundated with baby showers. Despite her badge, Watson was mostly involuntarily shielded from hazardous duty. Her brief rotation to the SWAT team meant that she worked the radio. Her husband Robert, seemingly content with his own status as a police sergeant, had to coax her into bucking for each promotion. In 1980, when as a detective she was prematurely transferred out of the burglary division because she was a woman, Watson retaliated by taking the civil-service exam for lieutenant. She says, "I had extreme determination that I would be promoted out of that situation...