Word: sparely
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...slip into such a critical condition? It's all so paradoxical. We're the medical miracle workers. We're the picture of health. We live decades longer than we did before. We've harnessed the body's natural defenses with antibiotics, defeated plagues and diseases, learned how to make spare parts for almost every organ except the brain...
...watched as the ER staff gathered around him, wielding scalpels, needles and spare blood. I watched as they hooked him up to a bunch of machines I didn't understand, and I watched when he died four hours later. His body was covered, his toe was tagged and his medical bill was mailed to the hospital accounting office...
Agassiz Professor of Zoology Richard C. Lewontin spends his spare time fighting fires as president of the volunteer fire company in Marlboro...
...What spare time?" queries Owen, when asked what he does in his free moments...
...surprisingly, many Harvard professors undertake high-powered activities in their spare time. But a number of faculty members proclaim that what they like to do best is, well, just relax...