Word: mimics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fully 48% of black girls and 15% of white girls begin to show the first signs of PUBERTY, though 11 is the age when most doctors start to look for it. Researchers are worried that the early onset may be owing to chemicals in the environment that mimic the action of estrogen. As for the racial disparity, they can't explain...
...varying wildly in artistic design, that are "introduced" by the cast members in the show's humorous opening segment. The chairs are moved around the stage constantly and are integrated into almost every number, functioning as a stable counterpart to the show's quickly changing tone. The costumes also mimic the progress of the show, as each actor occasionally puts on additional layers and styles of clothing to fit the mood of the particular piece...
...investment. He was director of two Hong Kong-listed companies, one of which has been tarnished by a financial scandal. Ever since, Deng Zhifang has kept an extremely low profile. And if history can offer any guide, that is a tactic his siblings would be well advised to mimic. During the last major power shift in China, Mao Zedong's family plummeted from privilege. His daughter was retired into obscurity, his nephew was thrown into jail, and his wife Jiang Qing, implacable enemy of Deng, was arrested, tried and convicted of treason for her role as ringleader of the Gang...
Tsai has found that the deficiencies in p35 mice closely mimic those found in several human neural disorders, such as lissencephaly, which produces the same type of seizures found in the mice and periventricular heterotopia and double cortex--which are caused by incorrect migration of cortical neurons...
...possible that the inhibitor proteins function to control these small cancers in all individuals, and that their use in large doses could mimic the body's natural defenses, albeit on a larger scale...