Word: strainings
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...becoming too much of a strain on the dining hall staff to prepare that much extra food,” she said...
...school. While we still remained committed to our academic interests, Christina’s interests gravitated towards art and theater, mine towards sports and boys, and we slowly took our places in the appropriate social groups. I levied the standard junior high school injustices on her, even though my strain of adolescent girl bitch syndrome tended towards selective inattention to—rather than vigorous persecution of—the decidedly uncool. I cut and dyed my hair, she kept her long, perfectly straight mane. And just thinking of her voice, which was always strangely deep with rich, wavering cadences...
...find and stop the homicidal drug baron Reese Feldman, the somewhat charismatic villain played by actor Vince Vaughn. Amidst killing his adversaries, juggling his lovers, and planning his daughter’s bat mitzvah, Feldman is about to bank out on his biggest deal yet with an undetectable strain of coke. With the help of Hutch’s street-smart, illicit informant Huggy Bear (aptly played by Hip-Hop and rap star Snoop Dogg), Starsky and Hutch go to all lengths—ludicrous disguises aplenty—to catch the crook. In the process the police partners develop...
...trusts, which amount to roughly 1 percent of the endowment investments, could place further, if minimal, strain...
...inflammatory cytokines, particularly as you gain weight.) Where inflammation fits into this scenario - as either a cause or an effect - remains unclear. But the case for a central role is getting stronger. Dr. Steve Shoelson, a senior investigator at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, has bred a strain of mice whose fat cells are supercharged inflammation factories. The mice become less efficient at using insulin and go on to develop diabetes. "We can reproduce the whole syndrome just by inciting inflammation," Shoelson says...