Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weekend has potential. Perhaps it is the sudden, overwhelming nature of the event that makes it more of a trauma than a pleasure for Harvard students. Perhaps if the races were spread out over a few days, and if, unlike that party my freshman year, the Regatta didn't seem like it was over as soon as it began, we all might enjoy it a little more...
Princeton News and Notes: The Tigers have spread the wealth offensively this year--12 different receivers have at least one catch, and 10 players have at least one rushing attempt...
...recent speech to the League of United Latin American Citizens, Romney worked to spread his political message and make himself known as more than just the man running against Ted Kennedy...
...more the problem than the solution; they're out of touch and we're out of patience" (Fred Thompson, the Republican challenger for Senate in Tennessee). Or, "The government is the most formidable enemy of all" (Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb.). The Times reports that these attitudes have spread and are now continually validated by campaign advertising from both parties...
Treatment to stop the growth of malignant tumors may come from a protein in the tumors themselves, researchers have found. Scientists at the Children's Hospital discovered that angiostatin -- a protein produced by large, growing tumors -- inhibits the growth of tiny secondary tumors that spread through the bloodstream and often lodge in vital organs such as the lungs, liver and brain. While the study's authors caution that this isn't a cure for cancer, they're optimistic that the protein will someday be used to slow or stop the growth of cancerous tumors...