Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fall season was a disaster for the network, which swiftly shelved three of its five new series. Only That '70s Show and Brimstone have a shot at renewal. That dismal record cost entertainment president Peter Roth his job. Doug Herzog, the executive who brought the South Park gang to Comedy Central, was named his replacement in November but is only just now taking the reins...
Find a buddy who shares your goals. You can encourage each other during the tough times and tackle new adventures together. My jogging partner signed us up for a 5-km run at midnight, God help us, in Central Park on New Year's Eve. The mere thought of it kept me pounding the pavement these past few weeks...
...that I've made it out of Central Park alive, what have I resolved to do in 1999? I've got to admit, those vegetables are still nagging at me. Now that I've tried some of the 30-odd recipes readers have sent me for Brussels sprouts, I'm looking for a couple of good ones for bok choy...
...patient's own immune system destroys essential insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. For diabetics, eating insulin-bearing tubers could eventually train the body's defenses to stop reacting to insulin as if it were a foreign material, all without the bother--or risk--of a needle. --By Alice Park...
Scientists have tried ever since to reactivate the enzyme that lengthens the tips, known as telomeres. Last January they succeeded: Andrea Bodnar and colleagues from the Geron Corp. in Menlo Park, Calif., activated the enzyme telomerase, extended the telomeres and lengthened the life-span of cells in culture by at least 20 divisions past the Hayflick limit. In November, Geron scored another first by reconstituting the telomeres of embryonic stem cells, which are renowned for their ability to turn into any type of cell, making it theoretically possible to rejuvenate parts of any organ with a simple injection...