Word: morphing
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Instead, they concluded that the brain thinks of the patches as discrete, coherent objects, keeping tabs on all their properties together, and using that information to track them as they morph...
...familiar as 42nd Street. It's Lee's usual mix of slapdash dramaturgy and sharp performances; note especially Paul Mooney, cogent and sexy as Pierre's dad, and Thomas Jefferson Byrd as the Mantan show's announcer. It has big third-act problems, when the caricatures are meant to morph into poignant humans. Then everyone pulls guns out. Insanity...
...Korzeniewski, CFO of Network Solutions. An accountant by training, Korzeniewski worked for a decade for SAIC, a research and engineering firm. In 1995 SAIC bought Network Solutions, then the sole registrar of names on the Internet. Since that time Korzeniewski has inspired Network Solutions to morph from government grantee to NASDAQ darling, orchestrating the company's successful 1997 initial public offering. Last year many analysts predicted Network Solutions would be crushed when it had to give up its monopoly and let other Net registrars into the business. Instead, the company responded with an aggressive marketing strategy. It's now busting...
Even more exciting was the fact that the source of these new cells was neural-stem cells, master cells with the ability to morph into any type of brain cell, depending on the chemical signals they receive as they grow. Early studies hint that they may even belong to a more primitive population of stem cells that can form anything from skin to blood to liver. Gage showed that a part of the hippocampus contains actively developing neural-stem cells; he further speculated that this regeneration may eventually be controlled by the timely addition or subtraction...
...lighter side: The demonstration, expected to be the largest of the convention, will also include a group called Billionaires for Bush (which will morph into Billionaires for Gore in Los Angeles). Among the floats, look for one featuring a mud pit with people dressed like George W. Bush and Al Gore wrestling...