Word: growing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact that a solid majority of the lowest paid workers at Harvard are people of color, immigrants and parents. These men and women are struggling to make ends meet in a society that continues to dismantle basic guarantees of justice and decency even as the rich and the poor grow increasingly unrecognizable to each other. At Harvard, where words like "diversity," "equality" and "civility" are tossed around as effortlessly as major gift contributions, why do class distinctions so often harden along lines of color and language...
...Subtly stretch the photo. Watch legs grow...
...Look, if two people are lucky and meet in a classroom or at a party even if they have had a little too much to drink doesn't mean that that cannot grow into a serious, fulfilling relationship...
...brain. Alas, the adult was a macaque monkey. Still, the finding marks the first time that new neurons--thousands of them a day--have been seen in the cerebral cortex, the most advanced region of the brain, responsible for reasoning, decision making and memory. The implication: if brain cells grow as we age, the discovery may one day lead to treatments for degenerative brain disorders like Alzheimer's disease...
...walked out. When he went back to apologize yesterday, the coach shut the door, telling him he knew and reminding him that the team depends on him as a leader. "He's a walking time bomb," says Mark Eason, who runs a youth basketball program and has watched Bobby grow up. "When I see him, he's so polite. He's so nice. But inside, he's crying...