Word: high
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard training program has many ways to develop this psychological edge, and the physical raw material it works upon. First, Harvard has a tradition of attracting the high school talent that has already distinguished itself in rowing. "A coach couldn't ask for better people," remarks freshman coach Ted Washburn, "We're in a Garden of Eden." Last year, he adds, six out of his eight first boaters had rowed in high school; stroke John MacEachern '81 and port oarsmen Bob Mudge '81 and Matt Arrott '81 had rowed for U.S. national teams. Experience is also evident in the varsity...
...draw a biochemical map of all the other neurotransmitters and to learn how chemicals plug into the brain. At Northwestern University, Aryeh Routtenberg is studying the chemical pathways of the brain's reward system, which when stimulated produces sensations of pleasure. If schizophrenics are indeed on a dopamine "high."; their internal reward systems may be constantly turned on. His University of Chicago colleague Richard J. Miller is tracing the link between dopamine and endorphins. At M.I.T., Richard Wurtman, who is studying various neurotransmitters, notably acetylcholine, has found that their production can be increased by diet. Indeed, by upping...
...embarrassment. They also appeal to feminists, who feel women should rely on themselves and whenever possible avoid the male-dominated gynecological establishment. Indeed, the kits even have the blessings of many doctors, provided they are properly used. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Despite its simplicity and relatively high potential accuracy, the home test has shortcomings...
...conventions involves the introduction of impotence. This subject, needless to say, is the last thing a man wants to find in his porn. Yet some form of this failure figures in nearly all Nin's tales. A typical situation involves a husband who places his new wife so high on a pedestal that he cannot reach her to make love. Artists paint nude models instead of possessing them. Though these repeated male shortcomings may constitute a kind of sexual revenge, they also lend Nin's stories a plausibility missing in most erotica...
...nine city councilors told the committee that they favored retaining rent control. "Rent control is one of a number of strategies we have to keep Cambridge a liveable city. Without rent control, the attractiveness of Cambridge to developers would very soon leave it a city of nothing but high-rises," City Councilor Mary Ellen Preusser told the panel...