Word: magical
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Such permissive governmental attitudes towards regulating manmade carcinogens reflects the fundamental misdirection of the fight against cancer. An emphasis on clinical research reflects the hope that research will uncover a cure for cancer--a "magic bullet" which will home in on the cancerous tissue. Cancer, though, is not one disease but many. The wide variety of types of cancer suggests a whole gamut of causes. The philosophical reductionist approach which has characterized medical research--he effort to pinpoint a specific mechanism rather than to look at the whole body--has led to the unrealistic but seductive hope that the cure...
...icewomen will try to extend their February magic a bit-and at the same time secure that EAIAW playoff bid-in their find regular season match Saturday against Princeton. The perennially tough Tigers, who have all but clinched a playoff spot along with UNH, Providence and Northeaster, downed the Crimson, 6-2, in a non-February match earlier this season...
...form of alchemy. Describing the clear consomme made by Isak Dinesen's African cook, she writes, "You keep the spirit, but discard the rough ingredients: eggshells and raw bones. You then submit them to fire and patience. And the clarity comes at the end like a magic trick." The recipe stands as a metaphor for all well-written Lives...
Mahoney: I personally do not. One of the questions I would raise is what is the magic in 65, what is the magic in 70. It's purely arbitrary. In other words, we're playing with numbers. Historically, if you look into university acceptance of retirement at age 65, it goes back to the 1880's, to Bismarck's time, when he was putting through these welfare and social justice programs. Somebody just said all right, we're going to pay them a pension when they retire at 65. That's the magic of 65--it is purely a convention...
While Bunney's kick might not have been quite as awesome, he repeated his come from behind magic in the half-mile three times Saturday. The first 880 he ran was the individual half-mile race in which he edged Terrier Dave Vona as they rounded the last bend...