Word: normalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Without a doubt, the Dartmouth game is the biggest game of my career," Linden said. "I'm a little nervous, but I'm also more confident because it's my third start. I think we'll be able to move the ball with our normal offensive attack...
...complained to journalists last week. A few hours before, following accusations that he was planning to seize power with the help of the Russian military and Chechen rebels, Lebed had been abruptly booted from office. At his press conference, the longtime general and hero of the people launched his normal array of barbed one-liners, accusing fellow government leaders of being "rotten," describing President Boris Yeltsin as "elderly and sick," then adding that he had no plans to be critical of the President: "I don't hit a man when he's down." But for all the snarls...
...birds, which evolved independently 70 million years later, pterosaurs had bones that were hollow and lightweight. (One scientist refers to pterosaur skeletons as "Styrofoam and mailing tubes.") But of all the trademarks of a pterosaur, one of the most peculiar was its hand, which boasted three clawlike fingers of normal size and a fourth digit that was outlandishly long. It was this fourth finger that provided structural support for the wings. Made of a skin-like membrane, the wings were supported by thousands of microscopic fibers that acted rather like the ribs of a folding umbrella, creating a flexible structure...
That's good news for the 2 million Americans who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis--not to be confused with osteoarthritis, which through normal wear and tear eventually stiffens the joints of virtually everybody who lives past age 65 or so. Rheumatoid arthritis, by contrast, is a disease of the immune system that often strikes people in their 30s and 40s, and sometimes earlier. It is a hot area of research right now because doctors believe a successful approach to rheumatoid arthritis could lead them to treatments for other immune disorders, including lupus and multiple sclerosis...
...system cells called macrophages to attack the joints. The approach favored by IDEC Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company in San Diego, is to target all active T cells with a custom-made antibody that can temporarily knock the immune cells out of commission. Although this antibody treatment cannot distinguish between normal and misbehaving T cells, the gambit has proved successful. More than half the 122 patients in one study showed significant improvement without debilitating side effects. "We literally had patients dancing in the halls," says Dr. Craig Wiesenhutter, director of the Coeur d'Alene Arthritis Clinic in Idaho...