Word: cranial
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...name shingles derives from cingulum (Latin for belt or girdle) and refers to the fact that the accompanying blisters often cluster in a broad band, typically on just one side of the body. In my case, the skin lesions traced out the end branches of the fifth cranial, or trigeminal, nerve and affected only the left half of my face. In other cases, the lesions might appear on the chest, stomach or back...
...risky "fist-to-cheek" position. Here, sleepers place an elbow on the armrest of the chair, and then balance the weight of their head on the strategically positioned knuckles. The peril here lies in the forces of gravity, which slowly pull the head downward, resulting in a cranial free-fall, jolting the student back to consciousness...
...healing, miraculously overcame her affliction and is now a 43-year-old mother of four. There's the one about the man apparently suffering from ulcerative colitis who did not respond to years of treatment by gastroenterologists but did respond to a therapist who manipulated his skull until his "cranial motions" were back in synch, allowing his digestive "impulses" to begin to flow again...
...leads readers a little farther afield when he introduces them to herbalism, acupuncture, naturopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic and hypnotism, although most of these protocols fall into the can't-hurt-could-help category. Where he may get into trouble is when he wanders farther still, uncritically endorsing treatments such as cranial manipulation that seem like folly even to many alternative-medicine believers. For skeptics looking for reasons to dismiss Weil, this kind of at-the-fringes medicine provides more than enough...
Often companies wind up extracting concessions far beyond what would have been necessary to get them to set up shop. Even with their limited cranial capacity, local politicians know the axiom of their craft: namely, that jobs win elections. When County Commissioner Hatfield tires of gloating over stealing a factory from Town Manager McCoy, he'll finally realize that he's hopelessly broken the county's budget for the next ten years. But by that time of course, Conglomerated Industries' consultants are vacationing in Bimini on the bonuses they've earned from this particular boondoggle...