Word: spectacularly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...calling for heavy financial commitments and eventual massive infusions of government funding. It was this alliance of government, university laboratories and the private sector that became the driving force of the wave of invention and refinement that has ranged from the submicroscopic, molecular level of genetic engineering to the spectacular arena of major-organ replacements...
...medicine, none has captured the public imagination as fully as organ transplantation. Since 1967, when South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard kept 55-year-old Louis Washkansky alive for 18 additional days by giving him a heart taken from a 24-year-old woman killed in an auto accident, these spectacular feats of surgical legerdemain--often involving teams of physicians toiling meticulously for as long as 48 hours--have won headline coverage and created instant heroes of patients and doctors alike...
...view from the mountain especially scenic, compared with Colorado's other 54 mountains above 14,000 feet. "In terms of being spectacular, Mt. Harvard would not be really high on the list," Reed says...
Outlook: Dartmouth's defense was spectacular last year, holding opponents to 14 points or less in seven of 10 games. Senior co-captain Mark Abel led the way, making 136 tackles from his linebacker position. Although the Big Green passing game is relatively weak, senior co-captain Greg Smith (178 carries for 826 yards) brings a strong ground game to bear on opposing defenses...
...always have had lots and lots of spectacular orientation programs," says Eliot House Co-Master Kristine Forsgard...