Word: pinings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ingredient is a naturally occurring chemical found in pine trees--something else Finland has a lot of. Called sitostanol, the compound makes it harder for the body to absorb cholesterol. One of Raisio's scientists figured out how to extract sitostanol and mix it with conventional margarine. Then doctors from Helsinki tested the blend for a year on 153 subjects and reported in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine that the cholesterol counts of people who used sitostanol-laced margarine daily dropped from 235 mg/dL to 210 mg/dL...
...from Bellevue, 1882-85, where it appears almost shyly on the left of a tender, early springtime landscape, all new green, traversed by an aqueduct (sign of the ancient Roman roots of Provence) and crossed by a pale road whose kinks are tied to the branch forms of the pine that rises in the foreground to bisect the canvas...
...ground was broken almost a year ago on the renovations to Memorial Hall, we rejoiced that a new student center was to be included in the historic Ware and Van Brunt building. When Loker Commons opened its doors in the fall term, we weren't disappointed.... The well-designed pine-stained study nooks ensure students a high degree of privacy, while the open areas...are great places to mix and mingle with fellow students, hold informal meetings and grab a quick bite...
...test-sniff report: though it is relaxing to smell "brine" while virtual scuba diving, the cybertrees in the "forest" begin to hint of Pine-Sol after a few minutes, and a flight though the "atmosphere" leaves a trace of burning tires...
With only 20 members and services just once a month, New Liberty never played a part in the civil rights movement. But like every other black church in every other black community across the nation, the modest pine-plank structure meant something special to its congregation. "The church stands as a symbol of black pride and self-sufficiency,'' says Rose Sanders, a black lawyer in Selma. "Burning one is as close as you can come to a lynching without killing somebody...