Word: reliefs
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...prostaglandins. What scientists didn't know until the early 1990s, however, was that cyclooxygenase comes in at least two versions: COX-1, ultimately responsible for protecting the stomach and making platelets sticky; and COX-2, which triggers pain and inflammation. The obvious goal, at least as far as pain relief is concerned: develop a drug that blocks...
...genuine comic relief is not too distant. Gaston, played with expected egotistical shmuckness by Tony Lawson, and his human punching bag of a sidekick Lefou (Jeffrey Howard Schecter) are funny simply because they are so repulsive. While the overdone pitfalls and exaggerated screaming initiated amongst the walking housewares in the Beast's castle may make one cringe with embarrassment, Gaston's idiocy and the rest of the town's blind adoration of him remains mildly entertaining. Lawson's portrayal of the handsome villain as Elvis with extra testosterone remains particularly amusing, and the enormous stain glass wall picturing...
Michael Crichton is probably heaving a huge sigh of relief. The author of Jurassic Park and The Lost World is known as a stickler for scientific accuracy in his books and the films made from them. But honestly, how much terror could readers and filmgoers have worked up at the idea of people trapped on a tropical island and chased around by a pack of large chickens? That sort of thing is more in Woody Allen's line...
Absolutely. from the choirgirl hotel may not have packed the striking punch that some of its predecessors did, but it remains a strong and (sigh of relief) graspable addition to Amos' musical career. Plus, as any true Tori fan knows, her albums--however wonderful or perplexing-- increase in meaning and enjoyability through time. In this sense as well, choirgirl hotel is undoubtedly destined to be a triumph...
Before the U.S. grants any substantial economic relief to Russia [WORLD, June 8], that country should be compelled to make political and economic peace with its neighbors. Its financial woes are due in large part to its refusal to cooperate with former satellites and republics as equal partners. Instead of trading with the satellites and republics on even terms, Russia is forever trying to force its will on them. It recklessly boycotts all those that don't comply, and the result is greater damage to the Russian economy than to the intended victims. A good example is the recent propaganda...