Word: prick
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Burma's military rulers were predictably unimpressed by last week's news. The cool reception the award was given in other Asian states was hardly more encouraging. "It might prick the conscience of a few people," said Zakaria Ahmad, head of strategic and security studies at the National University of Malaysia, "but it won't change anything." A Singaporean diplomat categorized the prize as "almost a nonevent...
...these normal cells may turn tumorous and begin to divide very rapidly, expanding to the size of a pin prick. The normal cells that surround the tumor get pushed outward by the proliferating cancer cells. There are two likely outcomes from this condition: Figure 3A or Figure...
Although most people may like to leave the University's financial wizardry to money managers and pencil pushers, with student services on the line, it's time for students to prick up their ears...