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Lovers often claim that they feel as if they are being swept away. They're not mistaken; they are literally flooded by chemicals, research suggests. A meeting of eyes, a touch of hands or a whiff of scent sets off a flood that starts in the brain and races along the nerves and through the blood. The results are familiar: flushed skin, sweaty palms, heavy breathing. If love looks suspiciously like stress, the reason is simple: the chemical pathways are identical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right Chemistry | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

...fear, feelings that have been considerably researched in the field and the lab, can be quantified through measurements: pulse and breathing rates, muscle contractions, a whole spider web of involuntary responses. Love does not register as definitively on the instruments; it leaves a blurred fingerprint that could be mistaken for anything from indigestion to a manic attack. Anger and fear have direct roles -- fighting or running -- in the survival of the species. Since it is possible (a cynic would say commonplace) for humans to mate and reproduce without ) love, all the attendant sighing and swooning and sonnet writing have struck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is LOVE? | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

...interview last week, Ryan said he had thought the tenure ballots had been destroyed until he discovered otherwise. He said he was mistaken, but denied lying...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Tales of a Nazi-Hunting Litigator | 2/9/1993 | See Source »

Those lucky enough to ingest the spores without becoming seriously ill seem to acquire immunity. More serious cases are often mistaken for pneumonia, since the fungus flourishes in the moist, warm environment of the lungs. In about 1% of victims, the disease spreads beyond the lungs through the bloodstream -- typically to the skin, bones and the membranes surrounding the brain, causing meningitis. "There was a time when I saw three new cases of cocci meningitis a year," says Dr. Royce Johnson, chief of infectious diseases at Bakersfield's Kern Medical Center. "Not long ago, I saw three new cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Valley Fever | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...designated race relations tutors quoted in your article of November 25, I would like to clarify any potentially mistaken impressions that may have resulted from what was a somewhat unfortunate juxtaposition of my statement and a transition sentence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutor Meetings Useful, Not `Haphazard' | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

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