Word: sheds
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...evidenced by the Mitchell Report, baseball is no longer in denial about its performance-enhancing drug problem. Back in 2005, Mark McGwire's low moment - "I'm not here to talk about the past" - shed light on the steroid issue, and forced baseball to act. But trying to shame, or even vindicate, Roger Clemens a month later? How does that reform the game...
...They hope studying the genes could eventually shed light on biological causes of autism and permit genetic tests. An inherited developmental disorder, autism’s genetic underpinnings have been shrouded in mystery...
MICK CORNETT, Oklahoma City mayor, challenging the city's residents--among the most obese in the U.S.--to shed a collective 1 million pounds in the New Year...
...your body, and yet we credit it with considerable intelligence in the area of truth vs. falsehood. We "sniff out a lie." We say "something smells fishy." Now studies suggest that something more than metaphor may be at work here--specifically, brain science. The same research may also shed unexpected light on religious faith...
...Should North Korea shed its pariah status, many South Korean businessmen believe Lee, a former CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction, one of South Korea's largest companies, will push aggressively for closer commercial ties, for the simple reason that it makes economic sense. The North is seen by executives as a potential bulwark against Chinese competition because it offers cheap labor, access to relatively untapped natural resources, lower transportation costs, and shared culture and language. "For the South Korean economy, it's a win-win situation," says outgoing Minister of Unification Lee Jae Joung...