Word: displays
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...point is not what some imaginary F.D.R. would want, a question both indeterminate and unanswerable. The point is, Which of these competing ideals--the restraint and reticence of the historical F.D.R., vs. the self-revelation and display of today's politicians that we would impute to a contemporary F.D.R.--do we want to honor in a great national monument...
Lithgow, who helped start Arts First five years ago, said he felt privileged to be able to return to Harvard and see current undergraduates display their talents...
...including a dramatically impaired ability to process glucose, the primary energy source for working neurons. Moreover, this impairment--which persists for up to 100 days after withdrawal--is greatest in the prefrontal cortex, a dopamine-rich area of the brain that controls impulsive and irrational behavior. Addicts, in fact, display many of the symptoms shown by patients who have suffered strokes or injuries to the prefrontal cortex. Damage to this region, University of Iowa neurologist Antonio Damasio and his colleagues have demonstrated, destroys the emotional compass that controls behaviors the patient knows are unacceptable...
...YORK CITY: The latest scientific attempt to build a better brain goes on display Saturday when world chess champion Garry Kasparov gives a rematch to IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer. The new, improved Deep Blue can think twice as fast as the predecessor that lost to Kasparov 4-2 last year. Tutored by international grand chess champion Joel Benjamin, the machine now knows more about chess as well. But Kasparov remains confident. His battle plan? Detect weak points and keep switching strategies, betting that Deep Blue will be slow to adapt...
...many, Malone's uncanny display of foresight was his most impressive attribute...