Word: nasality
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...there is no cure for the common cold. But the Journal did have some encouraging words for snifflers. In the same issue it published two studies, one conducted at the University of Adelaide, in Australia, the other at the University of Virginia, demonstrating that use of an alpha-interferon nasal spray can prevent 40% of colds. Says Dr. Frederick Hayden, who conducted the American study: "This is, to our knowledge, the first instance where it has been possible to show prevention of transmission of colds in an ordinary household setting...
Together, the two studies involved 150 families, each with four or more members. Every time one member showed the first signs of a cold, the rest of the family was instructed to begin using a nasal spray once daily for the next seven days. Half the families were using sprays containing alpha-interferon, one of several forms of the natural antiviral agent, while the others inhaled a harmless placebo. Over a period of six to eight months, the interferon families had 40% fewer colds than the placebo group...
...study of 200 students playing a game with real money, researchers found that the hormone oxytocin, applied as a nasal spray, increased a student's willingness to trust another player. While the finding may offer another clue to understanding social phobias--or even autism--the half-life of the spray is too short for use by used-car salesmen...
...like I’m a beloved relative. I say yes, and he replies with an emphatic, “Well, hello! This is John Lithgow!” As anyone who has seen Lithgow on TV or Broadway can attest, his voice is a wholly unique mix of nasal delirium and eloquent control—it’s like forty pounds of voice crammed into a five-pound sack. It’s overpowering...
...easier to play an American icon when you're not an American? I was a big admirer of F.D.R. He saved Britain. Maybe there's some measure of objectivity. He didn't have that hard R Americans have. [In a loud, nasal voice] "The only thing we have to fe-uh is fe-uh itself...