Word: ulcerous
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...novel focuses on Strike, the black 19-year-old boss of a crew of teenage cocaine dealers, who suffers from a stammer and an ulcer; and Rocco Klein, the jaded white cop who investigates a murder to which Strike's brother Victor has confessed. "I'm not a social-policy maker, nor a journalist or sociologist," says Price, 42, an edgy, high-energy presence. "I want you to read about Strike and Victor and say, 'There but for the grace of God go I. And if I were born in the projects in 1970, where would I be today...
Ronald Dunham -- street name Strike -- is their foreman. Or scoutmaster, or baby-sitter; one of his clockers, Horace, 13, spends his time leafing wistfully through a catalog of kids' toys. Strike is only 19 himself, a scrawny fellow with a stutter and a bleeding ulcer that he treats with vanilla Yoo-Hoo. But he's smart; smart enough to know not to wear gold, not to trust anyone, not to get greedy and not to do product, because cocaine messes you up. He has $21,000 in cash stored around town, and he tells himself that this is his leaving...
...their toll. Carl Werthman, a special assistant to Brown, had a heart attack. Tom Hickey, who had been Pat Brown's travel secretary for two years, developed pneumonia and hepatitis after less than six months as an aide to the younger Brown. David Jensen, a press aide, developed an ulcer...
There will always be those nail-biting, self-inflicted ulcer-suffering first-years who want to be there, wide-eyed and ready, when the white envelope is dropped off to reveal the house of their choice (or maybe not) in the Hell Lottery...
Angiogenesis may play an important role in ulcer repair because a key step in the repair of any wound is the development of granular tissue, rich in small blood vessels. Researchers were interested in determining whether bFGF could be used to stimulate angiogensis and thereby promote the healing of stomach ulcers...