Word: overloadings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...then, however, most of them were a little antsy, anticipating the last run of the Green line. Unfortunately, one can go blotto on sensory overload. Individually these suites represent landmark innovations in technical experimentation and extraordinary lyricism. All stuffed together like a blue-light-special, all-you-can-eat fest, they tend to blend together and become tragically diminished. Bravo to Mr. Wispelwey nevertheless for earnestly sculpting each suite with a combination of restraint, virtuosity and playfulness...
...expel their zooxanthellae. Since it is the zooxanthellae that give coral colonies their rich coloration, their loss causes entire reefs to turn white. The stress that caused the recent bleachings, scientists say, was a seasonal spike in seawater temperatures. But other sources of stress, such as overfishing and nutrient overload, may have made the corals and their symbiotic friends unusually sensitive to heat...
...four plus the fledglings the WB and UPN--going head to head with fall programming for the first time, Wednesday will be the busiest night ever on TV. Viewers will be barraged with a choice of 23 shows ranging from Grace Under Fire to Star Trek: Voyager. Overload? Not according to scheduling executives, who believe they have manipulated time slots so effectively that they will be able to call very specific segments of the viewing public their...
...Americans have become so cynical about politics that they expect their elected officials to be morally compromised--liars, unprincipled political opportunists, financial finaglers--and no longer hold egregious vices against the politicians they vote for. A variation on this theory blames the press and the political system for scandal overload. Overdosing on exposes and special prosecutors, the public--while amiably willing to believe in general that politicians are corrupt--has lost its capacity for outrage at any particular new disclosure. A Clinton-friendly version of this theory holds that the mud doesn't stick because it shouldn't stick...
When the spinal cord suffers a blow, vertebrae are compressed, and if the force is great enough, fractured. The sheer force of the blow kills some nerves instantly. Then the compression causes electrical impulses traveling through nerve cells in the area to go haywire, and the overload causes many neurons to kill themselves. The dying nerve cells leak calcium, which attracts enzymes to the area that chew on the tissues. The by-products are free radicals, unstable compounds that scavenge oxygen from healthy cells, often destroying them. As these cells die, they trigger a secondary wave of destruction that sweeps...