Word: kappa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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None, that is, until Dr. Jon Levine and his team at the University of California, San Francisco, took pains to investigate. Using drugs called kappa opioids, a form of opiate commonly used to ease labor pains, they gave intravenous doses to 28 men and 20 women, all in their early 20s, who had just had wisdom teeth extracted...
Another special concentrator said he would not have been as hurt if Phi Beta Kappa had rejected him later in the selection process instead of through Waltman's telephone call...
Judging special concentrators for Phi Beta Kappa is slightly more complex than judging students in standard concentrations, said Michelle Hewitt, an assistant to the Mather House masters who formerly held Waltman...
Typically, students are nominated for Phi Beta Kappa based on their relative performance against other students in their concentration...
...Beta Kappa is an honor society that recognizes no more than 10 percent of each graduating class based on academic achievement and faculty recommendations...