Word: nourishment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bone graft taken from the fibula or from any of several bones in cadavers can be used to repair only a small area. In cases like Labollita's, where the gap was more than 3 in. long, ordinary bone grafts fail for lack of an adequate blood supply to nourish them. Amputation may then become necessary...
...problem Janeway does not face is a lack of resources: the Globe's parent company has made a pretax profit of $40 million for the first nine months of 1984. He recognizes the paper's complex and imperfect character. "I want to nourish the traditions of individuality and crusading," he says, "but I may put greater emphasis on other flags we salute, such as consistency and keeping opinion out of the news columns." Adds Winship modestly: "Mike may be better at keeping the paper steady than...
...document reveals the acute dilemma that the church leadership faces. Even while it opposes the radical nature and methods of liberation theology, it supports the battle against social ills and in justice. Referring to Latin America, it condemns military dictatorships, corruption and economic exploitation. These ills, the decree says, "nourish a passion for revolt among those who thus consider themselves the powerless victims of a new colonialism in the technological, financial, monetary or economic order." And the logic and language of Marxism, it declares, are "incompatible with the Christian vision of humanity...
...sure, "the sanctity of the English sentence," is something few students discover, but a good literary education leads to other discoverers, wider in scope, among them the discovery that the works of great writers nourish the imagination and augment the wisdom of experience. Andy took courses under professors capable of giving such a literary education but none seems to have succeeded with...
...grains. Lien and her brothers quickly adapted to their new lifestyles because they were too delirious to do otherwise. Weak from overwork and malnutrition, they could only focus their attention on food and day-by-day survival. Together they conjured up imaginary servings, as if the words alone could nourish them. While a nearby campfire or a scent in the air triggered memories of childhood meals. Lien says she actually grew to believe: "If I have one good meal, I fall down on the ground and die happy...