Word: trunk
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...this point, genes have controlled the unfolding of the brain. As soon as axons make their first connections, however, the nerves begin to fire, and what they do starts to matter more and more. In essence, say scientists, the developing nervous system has strung the equivalent of telephone trunk lines between the right neighborhoods in the right cities. Now it has to sort out which wires belong to which house, a problem that cannot be solved by genes alone for reasons that boil down to simple arithmetic. Eventually, Berkeley's Goodman estimates, a human brain must forge quadrillions of connections...
...Nickleby), whose tidy little mustache, hangdog expression and Brooklyn accent anchor him firmly in the dreary everyday. Armstrong's Willy is a small man, too downtrodden even to rail with much conviction. It's an elegant production, the dominant stage image a tree in full blossom, with a broken trunk. The big scenes are somewhat muted (Marjorie Yates' Linda and Mark Strong's Biff are good if unmemorable) but the small ones achingly poignant--like the mix of awe and desolation with which Willy marvels at next-door neighbor Bernard's success: "Your friends have their own private tennis court...
Ennis' body was found by police at about 1:45 a.m. lying in a pool of blood outside the driver's side of his Mercedes-Benz. The car's hazard lights were flashing, and both the passenger-side door and the trunk were open. He had apparently been changing a tire and had got as far as putting the spare on the car but had not finished replacing the lug nuts when he was killed by a single shot to the head. His body was discovered by a woman who says she saw a white male leaving the area...
...executing his vision for them. Animators who first come to work on the show are given a long list of dos and don'ts. Judge insists that none of the characters move in any manner suggesting the effete. After rendering the image of a peripheral character shutting a car trunk, one former B&B storyboard artist was asked by Judge to try it again, this time with "no sissy wrists...
...Journalism school's printer. Soon, Derek Warren and non-student Keith Blackwell were recruited to sell the bills. When Blackwell was finally arrested on November 25 he was trying to sell $1060 for $300, and when Olulenu was nabbed, he had $10,000 in forged bills stashed in the trunk of his car. More arrests are expected...