Word: transmits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addiction, breakthrough promises have been made and broken many times; methadone was once considered a miracle drug, and heroin itself was developed to cure addictions. But researchers say buprenorphine could be the answer. Like heroin and methadone, it bonds to certain receptors in the brain, blocking the pain they transmit and convincing the brain that the cravings have been satisfied. Yet somehow it does that without creating cravings for itself. Even long-term junkies who try buprenorphine simply do not want heroin anymore...
...Mozart's The Magic Flute, a work with self-evident charm. Its first notes were jarring from lack of unison, but things picked up quickly. The brass enjoyed a fine moment, as did flutist Kimberly Arkin '98. The finale hinted loudly at the volume of sound the orchestra would transmit later in the evening...
...David Wolf, an American astronaut aboard the Russian space station Mir, on a Texas law passed in June which allows registered voters to cast ballots from space. Wolf will transmit his vote via e-mail, and a Board of Elections worker will punch a ballot by hand with the astronaut's choices...
...example, the NGI will be able to transmit the entire Encyclopedia Brittanica in under one second, and defense agencies will be able to coordinate data from multiple satellites in order to gain "information dominance...
Smoking is banned in Currier House because the building's ventilation systems transmit odor from one smoker's room into other rooms and hallways throughout the house...