Word: nasality
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...Attention, Shaws shoppers,” a nasal woman said, her voice crackling. “In honor of the heroes of September 11, 2001, the Porter Square Shaws will now observe a thirty-second moment of silence...
...Minute rice—in an eerie, Muzac-free silence. I tried to think of the heroes of Sept. 11, but the golden ranks of cooking oil had impressed themselves on my imagination and all I could muster was a profane and tedious mantra: Canola? Corn? Vegetable? Finally the nasal woman thanked us and told us we might continue shopping. Carts whirred back to life to the gentle strains of Muzac. The moment of silence had elapsed as irreverently as most...
...them into a small number of patients with spinal-cord injuries. These cells are constantly regenerated, making them a potentially rich source of new cells that might be coaxed into becoming spinal-cord neurons. Several teams in the U.S. are investigating another group of stem cells taken from the nasal cavity, where they are much easier to harvest...
...There is a lot more research on spinal-cord injury today than 10 or 15 years ago," says Dr. Fred Roisen of the University of Louisville, one of the researchers involved in the nasal-stem-cell studies. "The future holds a lot of promise." It's worth remembering, however, that progress on any of these fronts will come slowly and, like Reeve's physical therapy, one step at a time. --By Alice Park
...Lung tumors that developed as a result of being exposed to secondhand smoke resembled those that developed as a result of active smoking, reinforcing the link between passive smo ki ng and increased cancer risks. The study also found a link between passive smoking and cancer in the nasopharynx, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, cervix, gastrointestinal tract and breast...