Word: saliva
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then, dramatically, a speech is delivered, a press conference is called or a debate is held. The President seems able to stand up. He seems in control of his saliva. The pundits inevitably notice a renewed sense of "vigor" in the man. For proof of his vitality they point to the one-liner which Reagan always comes up within these situations...
...want a beer?" Not wanting to arouse the latent ferocity that rippled through even his most cursory gestures, I took a swallow from the saliva-spattered can he offered...
Traditional diet experts think hair analysis, saliva tests and the like are the scientific equivalent of junk food. "There are a lot of way-out quacks who are making a fortune," warns Dr. Myron Winick, a nutrition expert at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Though hundreds of thousands have entered the field, nutrition counseling is largely ungoverned. The unrestricted binge may be ending, however. Before 1982 no states had regulations; now 14 do. The most prestigious organization, the American Dietetic Association, has 43,000 members who have passed a certification exam...
Although the AIDS virus has been found in saliva and tears, almost all AIDS transmission results from contact with the semen or blood of an AIDS victim. In semen, the virus rides as a passenger, probably in the disease-fighting white blood cells in the fluid. During intercourse, the white blood cells containing the AIDS virus alight on the mucous membranes inside the rectum or the vagina. Unlike the skin, which is an efficient barrier to the virus, the mucous membrane is a much thinner tissue and is more susceptible to infection. If microscopic tears occur in the membranes during...
...Edna's approval. The cool, creepy, witty splendor of this Canadian psychodrama is that it resides simultaneously inside and outside Edna's pristine, pathetic mindscape, from her daft rapture over the perfectly made bed to the moment when she hears of her husband's infidelity and tears and saliva cascade down her face. Dancing in the Dark dares to be misunderstood as a case history; in fact, it is Heartburn with a haunting irregular heartbeat. It is also the yuppie date-movie nightmare. Men who see it with their spouses are advised to sneak out and buy some rubber cutlery...