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...doing our best to scour 40-year-old documents," Campbell testified at the hearing, which was held in a basement room at the State House. There were only nine persons in the audience...
Washington went on to say that he, Noble and their brother Lamaine Washington have been playing since they were kids, when they used to play on pots and pass from home. Now, they scour alleys for new instruments...
...trauma ward too is overflowing. Dozens of civilians are being killed or maimed every day in land-mine explosions as they scour the countryside for sustenance. The mutilados, as the amputees are called, relive their nightmares every time the sound of mortar fire echoes across the city, but mostly they just wait. "We lack food, medicine, beds, mattresses and linen," says Neho. "I appeal to anybody in a position of authority to help...
Postmenopausal women often get osteoporosis, a weakening of the bones that can lead to easy fracture. A report in Science may explain why. A drop-off in the hormone estrogen leads to an overproduction of osteoclasts, cells whose job is to scour away aging bone cells. Trouble is, other cells called osteoblasts, which fill in the holes left by osteoclasts, don't increase proportionately. If humans respond the same way as lab mice, new drugs could supersede current estrogen-replacement therapy, which can cause fluid retention and leg cramps...
...things to remember. One: Murphy may have wrangled with his employers at Paramount Pictures, feeling they undervalued him and failed to scour the town for the most suitable projects, but people never stopped going to his films. Harlem Nights earned a respectable $60 million at the North American box office; Another 48 HRS., $80 million. Two: he hasn't lost his potential. "There are only a few others -- Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin -- in Eddie's league as a brilliant comic talent," says Jeffrey Katzenberg, the Disney sachem who worked with the young Eddie at Paramount and is shepherding...