Word: medial
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cerebral cortex, an all-important part of the brain responsible for thought and language. Last week researchers writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences presented evidence that may pinpoint a spot in the cortex where dyslexia originates. It is an area of tissue called the medial geniculate nucleus (MGN), which affects hearing by acting as a relay station for auditory signals...
...particularly resourceful theorist claims to have laid his hands on a copy of Nixon's supposed medial records. The hospital faithfully recorded Nixon's EKG--a slow and steady beat--but around the time of death there is an 18.5 minute gap: nothing is left but a flatline. The hospital's lame excuse? "That's what is looks like when...
...were genuinely concerned with "neutrality" and "objectivity," Mr. Yu would have given equal time in his editorial to medial images (or should I say distortions?) of gay and lesbian reality which can be variously described as factually inaccurate, negative, slanderous, voyeuristic, sensationalist or non-existent...
...much of the Tigers' dominance has to be credited to the absence of Dartmouth's two leading scorers who account for nearly 30 points per game. Point guard James Blackwell is out for the season with a tear of the left medial collateral ligament and center Walter Palmer is missing with spasms caused by a stress fracture in December...