Word: pet
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...UCLA psychiatrist, the study focused on a small group of middle-aged volunteers, all of whom had relatives with Alzheimer's and who complained of mild memory problems themselves. First the researchers drew blood samples to test for the presence of the Apo-E4 gene. Then they used a PET scanner (positron emission tomography) to record each patient's pattern of brain activity. After a computer sifted through the data, a striking correlation emerged. A group of 12 individuals who had inherited Apo-E4 showed diminished activity, particularly in the parietal region of the brain--a region that is dramatically...
Your otherwise fine article on new theories about the universe reinforces the popular notion that scientists are muddling buffoons who grasp at the thinnest of straws to support their pet ideas. Science at the cutting edge is always controversial, and only with time are conflicting ideas resolved into what we call truth. We often forget that civilization is held together by a framework of scientific achievement, every piece of which was once controversial...
...that a $4 million romantic comedy, made in England, with no big stars, would turn out to be, dollar-in, dollar-out, the most profitable picture of the year? For that matter, did you think, a year ago, even if you happened to kind of shamefacedly like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, that Jim Carrey would turn out to be the hottest star of the year...
...ultimately succeeded in passing $17 billion worth of cuts from the current budget. The bill, which was vigorously attacked by Democrats as an assault on the nation's children and poor, would slash funding for a host of housing, drug, job and education programs-including President Clinton's pet project, AmeriCorps. The Administration indicated that the President would veto the measure if it survives the Senate...
Patrick Dempsey is wonderful as the virus' first victim, a Generation X kid trying to make a buck by bending the rules and smuggling the monkey to sell as a pet...