Word: passageway
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...mental diseases and disorders.To produce the maps, researches add specialized genes to individual neurons, causing them to glow fluorescently in different colors. A connectome’s map is built by developing pictures of individual slices of nerves, and combining them to form a larger image of a passageway, like taking slices of a pipe and putting them back together. “Picture a radio in the olden days that is full of wires soldered together,” Sanes says. “Imagine slicing it into slices one millimeter thick. With each slice...
...beneficiary of Lima's resurgent interest in bullfighting is Gladys Vilca, operator of an open-air food stall in the passageway that circles the ring for the past 14 seasons. Vilca offers cow heart kebabs, known locally as anticuchos, and picarones, a kind of pumpkin funnel cake. The line in front of her fryers remains long after the matadors have left and the aficionados linger to discuss the events...
...consciousness is the result of all his life’s past experiences, and Marcus remains defiantly static throughout the novel. His indignation—with his father, with his school, with organized religion, with a future he cannot accept–is what moves him forward through a passageway that narrows rapidly as he approaches his fate. Roth’s indignation is that Marcus must survive, must fulfill his potential, and yet he can do neither in this world and Roth knows it. The reader’s indignation comes in the end when Roth goes...
...proof that the pieces were taken from the museum. That is the problem now because we lost some of the files... I don't know the total number of artifacts before the looting. But we have 27 halls and they were all full," said the official, gesturing to a passageway lined with empty glass cases...
...next three years, John Darwin lived in their home, passing the time by reading and surfing the Web. When she hosted visitors, he would retreat to a small adjacent apartment that could be accessed through a passageway concealed behind a wardrobe in their bedroom. When he ventured outdoors, Darwin disguised himself by affecting a limp...