Word: rigidness
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...declares, "is perhaps the most important health problem in America." When essential fatty acids are in short supply, he explains, the body compensates by substituting other types of fatty acids that have a less supple biochemical structure. As polyunsaturates are replaced by these other compounds, cell membranes become more rigid, leading to progressive hardening of the arterial walls...
...game, she was always at her greatest here. But with her 38th birthday looming on Oct. 18, Navratilova these days is a step slower, a return shot shy and, in her valedictory tour around the circuit, too often immersed in memories rather than the task at hand. The rigid fat-free diet, the weight training for strength and the basketball drills for agility have only stayed, not stopped, the passing years. Navratilova at her best is still the fiercest force in what looks like a sport of grace but is in truth one of intimidation. These days, though, her best...
...last farewell to her German mother. Brought up by a good-hearted Englishwoman, young Eva clings to the hope of returning until salvation comes to seem like abandonment. To survive, we see, she turns her back on every aspect of her heritage and becomes frozen in emotional coldness, a rigid perfectionist who cannot give or accept love...
...recommend that...1994 be a target or planning date, not a rigid requirement. This flexibility, however, is not meant to be a license for delay," the report said...
...report, however, gave the President leewayto postpone a decision if he saw fit. "Werecommend that... 1994 be a target or planningdate, not a rigid requirement. This flexibility,however, is not meant to be a license for delay,"the report said...