Word: cranial
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DIED. WILLIAM HOWELLS, 97, anthropologist who, by using cranial measurements on 3,000 human skulls from around the world, provided the first objective grounds for the conclusion that humans are of one species--a critical finding during the mid-'60s, when racial differences were being vigorously debated; in Kittery Point, Maine...
...whose bodies secrete high levels of testosterone, are more likely to laugh. By book's end, the reader has become familiar with the nasolabial fold (the curving lines which form between the cheeks and upper lip) and the inner-workings of the smile, whose principal puppet master is the cranial nerve number...
Maybe it was the multiple concussions I had likely suffered from my involuntary cranial thrusts, but, as the warp speed portion of my ride progressed, I began to relax and enjoy myself. I cannot lie; the whirl of the engine, the rush of the wind and the feel of speed was unbelievably (unbearably?) exhilarating and—discounting my perpetual fear of death or serious injury—really, really, really...
...star players O'Neill, Scott Brosius and Bernie Williams died lingering deaths during the course of the season. Manager Torre has survived prostate cancer. Pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, diagnosed with blood cancer, underwent a bone-marrow transplant. Catcher Posada has carried on while his infant son has endured three cranial surgeries...
Want to give yourself a really good headache? One of those lie-down-in-a-dark-room-with-an-ice-pack-on-the-forehead affairs? Try installing two brand-new operating systems on two different computers at the same time. Nothing causes cranial pain more quickly, as I discovered when I got my hands on the two pieces of software that will soon rule our lives: Windows XP and Mac OS X (pronounced oh-ess ten). These are the next-generation operating systems for PCs and Macs, respectively. Windows XP, to be released later this year, is currently...