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Word: elasticizing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whatever its potential, HGH-replacement therapy is not a cure-all for aging. For one thing, cells of the brain, eyes, ears and elastic tissues such as ligaments and tendons are not responsive to HGH. "The ((Wisconsin)) study does demonstrate clear-cut effects of growth hormone," says Dr. Mary Lee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Getting A Shot Of Youth | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

Even physicists fall in love. If I were casting her in a movie, I would pick someone dark and sultry like Marlee Matlin, a little mysterious with an angry, damaged air. She has a slight limp -- do we know why? A childhood accident? Family tragedy? Does he find it sexy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Einstein In Love | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

It beats just about everything for sheer hair-raising excitement. It offers danger, exhilaration, suspense, terror and fast-moving scenery. It is called bungee jumping, and it is the latest sports craze among the young, particularly in California, New Zealand and France. Many American TV viewers were introduced to it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Ultimate Leap of Faith | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

Consultation is of course, as Winston Churchill once said, a vague and elastic term--"you can always consult a man and ask him 'would you like your head cut off in the morning,' and, then, go ahead and cut off his head." Vague and elastic.

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Cheesy Politics | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Chris and I had left to go pick up his friend Jim. Jim was friends with Jan, who also dances at Visions. We'd seen her before picking up Jim. She came on after Phoenix, and had an elastic brace on her left knee. Tendons.

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: PHOENIX | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

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