Word: reacts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trying to capitalize on preliminary scientific research suggesting that certain vitamins and other chemicals may improve skin appearance. Some seem to counteract the bad effects of substances called free radicals, which are produced regularly by the body's metabolism. These highly volatile substances -- oxygen ions are one example -- react with cell membranes, and over time the radicals may play a role in various ailments and the aging process itself. There is evidence that at least one radical-fighting skin cream, a vitamin-A derivative called Retin-A, stimulates skin-cell production, but it is sold only by prescription. Another prescription...
Give yourself at least several months to pursue a job before you leave. Obviously, it is a more time-consuming process when your letters are travelling thousands of miles and when you may be corresponding with someone who is not quite sure how to react to an American student's request for a job. For a summer job, it's not unreasonable to begin this process in the autumn, even though you shouldn't expect a definite answer before the spring...
Which to choose? Steve Byers, beer critic for the Milwaukee Journal, says a consumer should see if a brew has the characteristics he or she likes in regular beer. Byers favors a full-bodied taste with a malty flavor. "You want something that you react to," he says. Amid the avalanche of boozeless brands, almost any reaction is now available...
...These people...threatened by the differences of their neighbors, react by lashing out," Dinkins added. "We must begin to understand that if our brothers and sisters thrive, then we, too, will thrive...
...When confronted by a challenge, Americans have demonstrated that they can react and compete. The strong U.S. space industry is the result of the shock of Sputnik. Maybe what America needs is to feel threatened...