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...more than 100 cases of what was already being called the gay plague (despite the fact that at least six patients said they were heterosexuals and one was a woman). What they had in common was something Gottlieb observed in the first four cases, "a near wipe-out" of helper T cells, a class of white blood cells that plays a central role in orchestrating the body's immune defenses...
...anyone stricken with a full-blown case of AIDS, the prospects are grim. The virus directly attacks a group of white blood cells called helper T cells, which serve as one of the main coordinators of the immune system. As the disease progresses, these defensive cells are almost entirely destroyed. The immune system collapses, and victims fall prey to one infection after another. Ordinarily mild diseases become dangerous, even fatal, and many patients develop rare cancers, severe neurological disorders and brain damage...
Vaughn’s story, “To Reign in Hell,” follows the Escapist’s helper Big Al as he is bribed by The Escapist’s rival, a nefarious organization known as The Iron Chain. In the end, Big Al helps the Escapist triumph, but there is the clear indication that maybe, for a strongman like himself, evil might have been the right path. By adding moral ambiguity to a classically structured narrative, Vaughn makes the comic compelling even to modern audiences...
...whole different set of challenges. Leaving aside the monster parents who seem to have been born to torment the teacher, even "good" parents can have bad days when their virtues exceed their boundaries: the eager parent who pushes too hard, the protective parent who defends the cheater, the homework helper who takes over, the tireless advocate who loses sight of the fact that there are other kids in the class too. "I could summarize in one sentence what teachers hate about parents," says the head of a private school. "We hate it when parents undermine the education and growth...
...Justin Bartha—I know what you’re thinking: sooooo JV—cracks an ironic smile and asks his fellow treasure hunters, “Who wants to go down the creepy tunnel inside the tomb first?” Unbeknownst to the trusty helper Bartha, his query actually captures the essence of the burden placed on the spectator in seeing this half-assed movie. Who in fact wants to go down this creepy tunnel of a movie? I don’t think you do. Personally, I wish I had not. The movie is lacking...