Word: frail
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...shots--because ILM is still building the computers. The 20th Century Fox board of directors is sending unhelpful memos (e.g., the Wookie should wear pants). The Fox boss, Alan Ladd Jr., has insisted that the last two weeks of principal shooting be done in one manic week. And the frail 32-year-old with a galaxy of ideas in his head seems near implosion. As Mark Hamill recalls, "He really looked like he was ready to burst into tears...
...Olympic all-around gold. (Her 2000 campaign ran aground when the vault was accidentally set at the wrong height.) Now 25, she knew this was her last shot. The two women's styles could not have been more different - Khorkina, so ethereal she at times looked too frail for the demands of gymnastics; Patterson, throwing herself at the apparatuses as if they were no more than tree houses put there for her to play in. Khorkina looked unbeatable on the uneven bars, but gave Patterson an opening when she wobbled noticeably on the balance beam and only performed three tumbling...
...myostatin, a compound that inhibits IGF-1 activity in the muscle. The pharmaceutical maker Wyeth Ayerst is testing a myostatin blocker in early trials of healthy humans, and hopes that it may become a new treatment option for those with muscular dystrophy or for the elderly who have become frail from the normal muscle wasting that occurs with aging...
AILING. MARY-KATE OLSEN, 18, former child star who, with her fraternal twin sister Ashley, helms a billion-dollar entertainment and fashion empire; from an eating disorder. The once healthy 5-ft. 2-in. tween queen has recently become startlingly frail, and was admitted to an undisclosed treatment facility...
...adult child often instigates a move because a parent is too frail or demented to live alone, she says. But the transition may be so upsetting that it triggers depression in an elderly person, requiring medication or counseling. And older adults with difficult personalities--those who are overly needy, self-centered, controlling or anxious--may require extra nurturing and understanding during a major transition...