Word: shunt
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...obscure the scene by digitally turning down the lights. It wasn't the act that scandalized Koreans, it was the actors. The stars of the movie are in their 70s, and in conservative Korea, nobody was ready to witness granny and grandpa having a romp. Koreans typically shunt the elderly aside instead of treating them like real people with real passions, says Park. But he insists he isn't on a crusade. The director met the couple, Park Chu Gyu and Lee Sun Ye, while shooting a documentary film on the elderly. After losing their spouses, the couple...
...body's first line of defense is to shunt blood away from the torso and out to the skin. The brain sends signals to the blood vessels, commanding them to expand in size and increase the amount of blood being pumped by the heart. Then, working much like a car's radiator, the body cools itself off by warming the air around...
...Houghton, one of the wealthiest members of Congress, surprised political pundits by deciding to run for a seventh term this year. He says he is set to do battle over the upcoming re-districting that threatens to shunt off his beloved town of Corning to such uncaring districts like Rochester or Buffalo...