Word: rolled
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...life, it is surely in the genes. Calment's mother lived to 86, her father to 93. Scientists speculate that long-lived people may carry genes that confer special resistance to the assault of free radicals, chemical residues of metabolism that do increasing damage to DNA as the years roll by. Researchers are also looking at apolipoprotein E, a substance that ferries cholesterol to and from cells. People vulnerable to Alzheimer's and heart disease tend to have a certain type of gene for this protein, while those who live longest tend to have another type...
Since November, Gramm has positioned himself at the head of the socalled "revolution" that gave Republicans control of Congress. Republican legislators have turned that election into a mandate for a remarkable assault on big government, seeking to roll back everything from welfare to federal health and safety regulations and to balance the budget through various constitutional contortions. Through it all, Republicans have claimed to hear, like divine inspiration, the clear voice of the American people, instructing them to dismantle the bloated apparatus of the federal government piece by piece...
...compete with Clarkson, Harvard will need another big performance from senior forward Steve Martins. Last weekend, Martins continued his late-season emergence with a five-point weekend--two goals and two assists against RPI, and another goal at Union--earning him a spot on the ECAC Honor Roll...
...attitude, is that Harvard is considerably better than its record indicates, and that it the team just stays its basic course and keeps working hard on the court, good things will happen. Of course, good things will happen. Of course, with only two games left, those good times must roll now, or be unrealized through the long and wistful summer...
...short of the two-thirds majority needed to send to the states the question of whether to change the Constitution. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who led the fight to pass the amendment, voted against it in an obscure parliamentary procedure that gives him the right to force another roll call on it next year. President Clinton, who opposes the amendment, blamed the defeat on the GOP's refusal to protect the Social Security trust fund from budget cuts. Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.) said the vote showed the Senate cannot shake its "addiction" to deficit spending. The amendment, which...