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...next time similar pollen grains are detected, the antibodies signal the mast cells, which release a flood of chemicals, including histamine, against the harmless intruder. It is histamine that causes swelling, itching and other irritations all too familiar to hay fever sufferers. At the same time, additional IgE antibodies are produced and placed in position on mast cells, so that the next exposure to the pollen may produce a more severe response...
...potion called DMAE, for dimethylaminoethanol, that has induced severe cramps, diarrhea and chills in some users. Prescription medicines like vasopressin, normally used to prevent dehydration in patients with a rare form of diabetes, can trigger heart attacks in people suffering from coronary-artery disease. Even some of the seemingly harmless amino acids, when given to animals in large doses, have proved dangerous and sometimes deadly...
...emoting and entering into a happy waking dream. The world these characters inhabit has been declawed." That led to a deliberately overstated, cartoonish style. For crap-game organizer Nathan Detroit, who was gruff and menacing as played by Bob Hoskins in London, Zaks cast Nathan Lane, a patently harmless hyperkinetic who comes on as a blend of Jackie Gleason and Bugs Bunny...
...writing to correct several of the many fallacies in Ronetta Fagan's article. "Governing the Harvard Drama Community, HRDC Organizes Castings, Adjudicates Disputes" (May 8, 1992). The article is riddled with inconsistencies, misquotes and misinformation. Although most of these are relatively harmless, a few are dangerously misleading and need to be corrected...
...these vivid messes harmless? Is it possible that these agonistics serve a higher purpose? Maybe. One of the motifs of American life in the late 20th century is a sad, destructive disconnection. The fraying of family and community is visible in homelessness and granny dumping and children shooting other children without even attaching much importance to the act. It is evident this year in Americans' disgusted alienation from the presidential campaign...