Word: suspect
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...uncontrollable tremors and lack of coordination. Parkinson's disease is caused by a lack of dopamine, a substance that transmits nerve impulses, in the brain centers that coordinate movement. Biochemical and electrophysiological studies have shown that chlorpromazine and haloperidol block the action of dopamine. Thus brain researchers suspect that schizophrenia results, at least in part, from an excess of dopamine...
...dissenters were also worried about "the possibility that a police officer ... will use a traffic arrest as a pretext to conduct a search." In fact, some do already; if they "toss" the suspect and find nothing, they may not even bother with the traffic arrest. Last week's decision makes clear that future legal attacks on traffic-arrest searches will focus on whether the arrest was called for in the first place...
...conversation flags, we can browse through it and, depending on our mood, laugh at something we concede is witty, or shake our heads and mutter, "Puerile." Both pastimes are enjoyable. The Lampoon book also makes a nice tray to carry drinks or hot dishes to the table. I suspect it would do an admirable job pressing autumn leaves, but we'll have to wait till autumn rolls around to put it to the test...
Cornerbacks: (9) KENITH POPE, Oklahoma, 6 ft., 206 Ibs., and (10) JERIS WHITE, Hawaii, 6 ft., 185 Ibs. In a field of "suspect" cornerbacks (there are no acknowledged stars this year), Pope has what the pros like best-a penchant for hard hitting. "He has those receivers listening for footsteps all the way," say the scouts. Though White is not exceptionally fast, he "has great anticipation" and has a reputation as a sure tackier. "We'll grab him," says one personnel man, "if he's half as good as our man in Hawaii says...
...state of Veracruz in 1947 when he was appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Miguel Aleman. After his election to the presidency on a reform ticket, Ruiz Cortines published a list of his own assets, ordered his subordinates to do the same and held up payments on suspect contracts for public works...