Word: crafting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...serotonin, the ubiquitous chemical messenger that plays a critical role in sleep, mood, depression and anxiety. They have also discerned five different receptor subtypes for dopamine, a neurotransmitter thought to be involved in schizophrenia. By formulating compounds that selectively bind to particular dopamine receptors, for example, drug designers can craft schizophrenia drugs that curb hallucinations without triggering disabling Parkinsonian symptoms...
...growing ever more chic: actor Charlie Sheen, who ran up a $50,000 tab with the Heidi Fleiss escort service, has declared himself a born-again Christian. ("There's such a thing as having too much fun," he concluded after years of arduous research.) Geraldo Rivera, who pioneered the craft of filing video dispatches from the primordial ooze, now bemoans the filth of daytime TV and vows to clean up his act. ("I'm sick of the garbage that is on.") A p.r. executive whose past clients include Michael Jackson is leading a campaign to build a "Statue of Responsibility...
...thoughtful and well constructed as any rock release that's come out this year. While many bands revel in sloppiness and call it passion, R.E.M. performs its songs with professional precision. Lead singer Michael Stipe and his bandmates express their passion through dedication to their craft...
...passivity and long hospital stays, reminding the Russians of the Brezhnev-Chernenko era." How long Yeltsin's latest recovery will last is anybody's guess: "Over last 80 years, the Soviet school of medicine has attained only one major achievement to boast: it has honed to perfection the craft of boosting up Politburo members and keeping them going, even if they were not at the top of their capacity to rule the country," says Zarakhovich. Yeltsin is now putting the Soviet school of medicine to its toughest test. -->