Word: soaks
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Most of us absorb only 10% to 15% of the iron in our food. But people with hemochromatosis soak up 75% or more. The body stores the excess wherever it can--in the liver, heart, pancreas, joints--where it eventually causes permanent tissue damage. But the changes can be subtle. For example, iron buildup in the pituitary gland, which controls hormone production in the brain, may trigger impotence in men and early menopause in women. People of Scottish, Irish and Welsh backgrounds appear to be affected more than others--possibly because their ancestors ate a diet deficient in iron. There...
...homes, contained illegal software to download. The precious phone numbers of these BBSes were passed around among friends in a sort of Underground Railroad of computer users. His high school computer lab was a close-knit community where more experienced users shared their knowledge with younger users eager to soak up their expertise. Information was not withheld for selfish reasons, but disseminated among everybody in order to spread computer intelligence. His prose makes a family concept continually come to mind throughout the middle of the book, which humanizes a cold technology...
...true opera lover that loves to soak up every last bit of juicy opera gossip, this is a book that could easily be read in one sitting, as the comments on the back of the book jacket profess. For all of those sane, not-yet-obsessed opera fans, however, the book will take a little more effort. Although written in a relaxed, unpretentious style, the narrative is inundated with the names of every important performer, publicist, conductor and record company CEO in the business, not to mention the titles and allusions to plot synopses of most of the major operas...
...just got your FM, and, of course, immediately turned to listings. Guess what? Finally, the UC has done something useful with its power and gotten the MAC open at 7 a.m. So take off those slippers, put on your trendy Adidas kicks, and jog over to soak up some fitness. 39 Holyoke St. 495-2219. FREE...
...when trying to weasel into this or that department's introductory course. Helen Vendler's core class may be so oversubscribed that each seat occupied by an auditor translates directly into a legitimate student forced to stand through lecture--but nobody checks credentials at the door, so why not soak up some literary culture...