Word: intact
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cells, the drug interferes with the body's instinct to attack a transplanted organ. Yet unlike other suppressants, it does not affect other parts of the immune system. Cyclosporine is thus able to dampen the rejection reaction while leaving a large part of the body's infection-fighting defenses intact...
...squad will be trying to keep its undefeated record intact. It is seeded ahead of Brown, Cornell, Northeastern, Penn and Yale...
...bells of L'Aquila tolled dolorously last week in mourning for a missing Pope. The remains of 13th century Pope St. Celestine V -- a nearly intact skeleton with a wax face -- had been stolen from the city's basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio. Celestine occupied St. Peter's chair for five months in 1294, and then abdicated -- an act Dante alluded to as the "great refusal." He was canonized...
...outbreaks, affecting 2,119 people and killing eleven of them, struck despite precautions taken specifically to keep the bacteria at bay. Because chickens frequently harbor salmonella in their intestines and contaminate eggshells with their droppings, cracked eggs cannot be sold to retail markets. To pass state and federal inspections, intact ones must be washed with disinfectant before they are shipped. Nonetheless, all the food-poisoning cases blamed on eggs were traced to the grade-A variety, which had been washed and inspected for cracks. This finding has led researchers to suggest that the bacteria came from inside the eggs...
...cooked, because heat destroys salmonella. Recipes that call for fresh raw eggs -- eggnog, Caesar-salad dressing and mayonnaise -- are out. (But packaged varieties of these foods are safe, because commercial producers use pasteurized eggs, which are not commonly available to consumers.) In addition, cracked eggs should be discarded and intact ones, cooked or raw, should never be stored at room temperature. Cooking must be thorough, experts emphasize: people have fallen ill from undercooked dishes. Hollandaise sauce, often warmed at low heat, is a major culprit...