Word: potente
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three eldest members of the team--junior Captain Ted Drury, senior Matt Mallgrave, senior Steve Flomenhoft--are all stars in their own right (Drury clearly being one of the brightest in the NCAA galaxy). The juniors remain the key to the potent defense. When using their heads and attacking the corners, Harvard's blue-line crew (in addition to junior forward Brian Farrell) can shut down any attack...
Spinal-cord injuries, which afflict 10,000 Americans each year, were until recently considered untreatable. But researchers have begun to unlock the secrets of nerve growth and regeneration, and are even talking, in very cautious tones, about the possibility of reversing paralysis. "There are potent new tools that could change the extreme statements often made by physicians, such as 'You'll never walk again,' " says Dr. Richard Bunge, scientific director of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. "That may all change -- maybe not within this decade, but certainly within the next...
...celebrates indigenous constructs but is not solipsistic. It is neither resigned nor bitter. It welcomes the influence of other cultures in fermenting a potent new brew...
...Brown had home ice, a complete line-up (three potent lines of forwards) and a roster stacked with talent (read: lots of Canadians) in its favor...
...rise in defense of the Russian state" and force the President out. "Their strategy," says a U.S. official, "is to invoke slogans in an attempt to excite the baser political instincts." But in championing causes like the troubles of Russian nationals in the other republics, front leaders have potent emotional issues with which to stir up anger against Yeltsin...