Word: tend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...candidly puts her faith in revolution, of course resists the channeling-although an irony of her position is that many Berkeley "New Left" students think Communism anachronistic. She has to keep explaining that her party is "in the forefront of social advances," and that other left-wing movements tend to be "too left-so left they're absurd...
...cost accounting to an erratic field in which producers too often think that budgets are for breaking. He knows what every item in every scene costs-"including how much I'll need to simulate icicles." When casting his shows, he scouts for little-known talent because "stars tend to take the cream off the top of the profits." Broadway musicals commonly cost $500,000 to produce, but none of Prince's shows has topped...
...major advantage of bonding is that it eliminates the need for a separate lining. This not only saves considerable labor and cost, but also does away with the loose linings that tend to bunch up in the sleeve or tear loose...
...normal zinc supply is a vital factor in growth. If the supply is increased with daily capsules of an inexpensive zinc compound, said a report sent by Air Force Major Walter J. Pories to the International Congress of Military Medicine in Bangkok, tissue grows so quickly that wounds tend to heal far faster than usual...
...ready to test zinc-propelled healing in severe burn cases, because burn patients are already known to develop a major zinc deficit after injury. If the efficacy of the method is fully confirmed, the investigators expect it may be invaluable for combat wounds, which, with today's weapons, tend to be larger than ever. The suggested explanation, said Major Pories, is simple. A tiny amount of zinc is present in enzymes, which are essential to the original growth of mammalian organisms and also, it seems, to the regrowth of destroyed or damaged tissues. In any case, said Pories, research...