Word: leu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bank Leu (Switz...
...supposed to be French, of course. Why, therefore, does he speak English with the strong Gallic accent of a man raised in Stuttgart? His colleagues and adversaries are French too, but they cannot figure out why Clouseau talks that way or, mostly, what he is talking about. "Leu and order," he says, meaning what he has sworn to uphold; every sentence contains a verbal banana peel...
Ervin and Palmour emphasize that they have no firm proof that the molecule, which they have dubbed leu-endorphin, is the cause of-or even related to-schizophrenia. But if it is, its removal offers possible treatment for the illness, which accounts for nearly 20% of the mental patients in U.S. hospitals...