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Word: glom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...delay in onset of cardiovascular disease could be that women are relatively iron-deficient compared to men - especially younger women, those in their late teens and early 20s - because of menstruation. Iron plays a very important part in the reactions in our cells that produce damaging free radicals, which glom onto cell membranes and DNA, and may translate into aging the cell. In fact, in our diets, red meat is the main source of iron, and lack of iron is probably one major reason that being vegetarian is healthy for you. There was a very good study looking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men? | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

...greatest hits. As they walked through the quarter-acre vegetable garden and apricot grove of Jobs' wife Laurene, Jobs sketched out the Platonic ideal for the new machine. "Each element has to be true to itself," Jobs told Ive. "Why have a flat display if you're going to glom all this stuff on its back? Why stand a computer on its side when it really wants to be horizontal and on the ground? Let each element be what it is, be true to itself." Instead of looking like the old iMac, the thing should look more like the flowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apple's New Core | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...with much glee Thursday night that the press was able to glom onto reports emerging from behind the Republican firewall: that Pennsylvania governor (and Dubya pal) Tom Ridge had spoken with none other than John McCain, who issued an uncharacteristically equivocal response to the enduring question, "Would you run as a vice-presidential candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When McCain Coughs, There's the Stink of Ink | 7/21/2000 | See Source »

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