Word: corded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same is true of anti-Americanism. Shintaro Ishihara, a Diet member and author of The Japan That Can Say No, struck a resonant cord with some when he argued that the country should become more assertive on the world stage because it now holds technological supremacy over the U.S. But Ishihara, a persuasive man with wide personal popularity, has little political clout and no role in setting Japan's political agenda...
...rigorous studies have shown their manipulations of the spine to be effective in relieving lower-back pain. Orthopedic surgeons have even been known to refer patients to back crackers, and some 30 U.S. hospitals have chiropractors on staff. Because almost every nerve in the body runs through the spinal cord, chiropractors maintain that they can treat all manner of ills by "adjusting" the vertebrae. However, beyond the lower back, there is no proof -- aside from reams of anecdotal testimony -- that the method works...
...that includes most conventional doctors, say the chief danger of alternative medicine -- aside from wasting money -- is that the patients get so carried away with unconventional cures that they dismiss regular medicine entirely. "The nightmare," says University of Chicago neurologist Clifford Saper, "is seeing someone who has a spinal-cord tumor who's been going to a chiropractor for years instead of to a doctor. You want to throw your hands up and say, 'If only I'd seen him earlier I could have helped him that much more.' " Doctors also warn about the risks of unregulated medicine, which...
...since the group now performs phone inductions, Menu Man doesn't have to worry about revealing his identity. He'll just have to learn to weave with the telephone cord...
...never saw it. But from my brother's description, it consisted of a vaccum-cleaner-type machine attached to a long, thin cord. You found a bug on the wall, and you pulled the cord over. Then, you sucked...