Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...human brain. "By the year 2020 I hope we will have an active way of treating damaged brains. If we can further understand brain-cell regeneration and harness the process intelligently, then re-creating the brain, or at least parts of the brain, may lie within our grasp. Obviously there are lots of hurdles to overcome. But if we can capture and bottle the brain's now recognized plasticity, we can cure all sorts of things, maybe even damaged psyches...
...abuse has harmed consumers. The findings so closely paralleled the government line that you might have thought they were actually written by lead DOJ attorney Joel Klein. But that just shows Judge Jackson was paying attention, says TIME's Chris Taylor: "He's shown in this ruling a real grasp of the technology, and that he really understands the government's case." But we're not out of court just yet: While all this seems to clearly spell out a-n-t-i-t-r-u-s-t, a decision as to what to do about it is still...
...changed. From April 1993 to August 1995, she endured a two-and-a-half year (forced) layoff after being stabbed by a deranged Graf fan in Hamburg. The perpetrator was never convicted. And right after she recovered and the light at the end of the tunnel seemed within her grasp, her father (and coach, confidante, best friend) passed away after a prolonged bout with stomach cancer...
...Enthusiasm and intelligence are usually associated with your birthday. You are usually able to grasp information quickly...
...near Alewife, FM makes the metaphorical literal. Beneath the fluorescent lights of the alley, we get to know Professor Putnam up close and in the lane. In the heat of the game, we capture his personal technique, find out what he thinks about candlepin, and attempt--between frames--to grasp his theories of the decline of social capital in America with a bowler's grip...