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Word: complements (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once an antibody has locked onto an invading cell, it can interact with a series of blood proteins called "complement," which aids in destroying the invader and makes it even more attractive to scavenger cells. By one or a combination of these actions, the intruder is broken down into chemical components that are recycled by the body or excreted as waste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Defending Aginst Disease | 3/19/1973 | See Source »

...with diver John Zakotnik and freestyler Paul Scott, will return as the only seniors on the freshman and sophomore dominated squad which will lose no one to graduation. The prospects for the coming season will be exceptionally bright if Gambril can attract another top-notch first-year contingent to complement the talent already on hand...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Swimmers Select Jonkheer, Mitchell as 1974 Co-Captains | 3/15/1973 | See Source »

...addition of the colorful, flamboyant Jonkheer as co-captain should complement the quiet efficiency of Mitchell, and hopefully the two will add the Eastern crown to the dual meet championship the team took this year...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Swimmers Select Jonkheer, Mitchell as 1974 Co-Captains | 3/15/1973 | See Source »

...problems of student discipline at Harvard. Paul has made the point that the CRR's decision last Spring to acquit the Mass Hall occupiers proves that the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities can be interpreted to include the context of political actions. A strong Commission on Inquiry would complement this interpretation by giving students a review of administrative decision-making which could have considerable impact. This Faculty won't buy that...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: The Faculty's CRR | 2/21/1973 | See Source »

UNDER MILK WOOD. Dylan Thomas wrote this verse play, as he put it, "for voices." The images that Director Andrew Sinclair has added to his film adaptation do not complement Thomas' language; they detract from it. The language that comes cascading off the sound track is bottled into florid captions for an illustrated travel guide to Wales. Whenever Sinclair is not being resolutely literal-minded, he diverts himself by being fantastical. It will not do for Richard Burton merely to read the first voice. He must appear, all rumpled and dour and selfabsorbed, like some wandering Welshman cursed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Quick Cuts | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

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