Word: sweden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...study, conducted in Sweden, involved 23,244 women who were taking various types of estrogen, one of the main female sex hormones, after menopause; a third of them were also on progestin, an artificial form of the hormone progesterone. The researchers compared these women with others who had not taken hormones. The results: after nine years the women who took a kind of estrogen called estradiol had about twice the breast-cancer rate of those who were not on replacement therapy. The women on estrogen and progestin had a higher rate -- about four times as many cases of breast cancer...
...decision to turn down the NHL in favor of Europe didn't surprise many of MacDonald's teammates or coaches, who expected him to opt for the fast-skating style of international hockey rather than the more physical NHL. MacDonald traveled to both Sweden and Switzerland in the past month to check out different international programs...
...want to be the No. 1 player in the world and have all the best shots in tennis: serve, volley, base line, drop shot, you name it. I try to set my goals as high as I can." If he inspires Asians, Chang will be pleased. "It helped Sweden when Borg came along and made such a big impact. I'm hoping it will also happen in Asia...
...past two weeks, separate teams in Sweden and Japan have announced they have reproduced the original Pons-Fleischmann experiment with the same results, leaving scientists as puzzled as they were when the controversy started...
...would have taken twice as long had it not been done by machine. Timex wristwatches, Ping golf clubs, Reebok sneakers and Volvo station wagons are all created on graphics workstations. Volvo even uses a satellite hookup to connect its design computers in California with its manufacturing computers in Gothenburg, Sweden. If a new model does not leave sufficient headroom to accommodate the average American driver, the computer in Gothenburg can spot the oversight before the car gets built...