Word: reared
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stem and includes such structures as the amygdala, part of the thalamus, hypothalamus and hippocampus, regulates the emotions. The pituitary, which hangs down from the brain stem like an olive from the tree, produces the hormones that influence growth and development. The cerebellum, a fist-sized structure at the rear of the brain that controls movements and coordination, enables man to touch his nose with his finger or throw touchdown passes. But it is the cerebrum that distinguishes man from other animals. Fish have little or no cerebral tissue, nor do birds. Chimpanzees, man's closest animal relatives, have...
...family at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Rose Kennedy. He rejected a waiting wheelchair at the airport and made his own way to the car. The next day, Teddy, wearing shorts, was seen tooling along a local bike path on an adult tricycle, crutches tucked in the rear basket. Said Grandmother Rose proudly: "The little fellow is getting along just fine...
...aren't I dead?' Then I realized it was some sort of incendiary device and smoke was pouring out of the canister." Within seconds, there were more flashes as two phosphorus grenades went off inside the forward section. Two other grenades were thrown into the rear; suddenly the entire plane was filled with roiling black smoke...
Stewardess Lari Hamel was knocked to the floor in the first-class aisle and four or five bodies fell on top of her; she managed to crawl to a wing exit and escape. In the rear of the plane, one passenger saw a guerrilla appear, gun in hand, and stop passengers from escaping out the rear ramp...
...neighbors, many of them also artists, are living in what were once taverns, pizza parlors, barbershops and grocery stores-and liking it. "I dig the flexibility that this allows," says Chicago Art Institute Teacher Phil Morton, who beds down in an overhanging loft at the rear of his converted junk shop...