Word: lumps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brain has declined in plasticity but increased in power. Talents and latent tendencies that have been nurtured are ready to blossom. The experiences that drive neural activity, says Yale's Rakic, are like a sculptor's chisel or a dressmaker's shears, conjuring up form from a lump of stone or a length of cloth. The presence of extra material expands the range of possibilities, but cutting away the extraneous is what makes art. "It is the overproduction of synaptic connections followed by their loss that leads to patterns in the brain," says neuroscientist William Greenough of the University...
...missed Prime Time Live on Wednesday night, she knew that her husband had gone into Duke of Windsor mode, pledging on four networks to win back the woman he loves. While she was airborne over the Atlantic, he was recounting to Larry King how he had got a huge lump in his throat earlier that evening at the sight of pompano on the menu--because he and Eileen had discovered it together on a vacation to Key West, Florida...
Christmas used to be a time for stuffed animals, toy wagons and Barbie dolls. In the 1990s, however, Barbie has her own CD-ROM and Santa is more likely to send a naughty child the STONED virus than a lump of clay...
When the G.O.P. stormed the House in 1994, 10-term veteran Goodling was rewarded with the chair of the Educational Opportunities Committee. From there he proposed lump-sum grants for states to administer their own school programs and opposed "opportunity-to-learn" standards in President Clinton's Goals 2000: Educate America Act. He hopes his new prominence in Congress will mean votes for him at home...
...about. In a group which is supposed to deal primarily with issues of sexuality and drug abuse, the range of related issues can be surprisingly large. One woman wants to talk with her semi-estranged mother. Another wants to go to a doctor's office to have a suspicious lump examined, but can't because she fears what she'll find out. These and other details all emerge as the members of the group take turns discussing their behaviors, goals and obstacles...