Word: variously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...took 23 rats and neatly severed their spinal cords, paralyzing their hind legs. Then they took some of the injured rats and set about trying to repair the damage, using microsurgery to build hair-thin "bridges" across the spinal gap. It was an approach other scientists had tried in various forms for nearly 30 years, with little success. But this time, according to a report published last week in Science, it worked. Not only did the severed nerve fibers grow across the bridge, but the rats also began to regain function in their lifeless limbs...
...states from offering job training to those needing additional skills. It changes the funding process and cuts federal welfare spending by $60 billion over the next six years. Each dollar spent by states today is matched with $3 to $4 in federal grants. In exchange, the federal government mandates various programs and sets eligibility standards. Congressional Republicans, however, would shift all funding to block grants, thereby allowing states to scrap any programs and any requirements they choose...
...criminal case, so nearly 40 of us were sent up as a herd. Sixteen jurors were called by their full names and seated in the jury box and the rest of us were seated in the back of the room. The judge began interrogating the various jurors, asking them questions I could not believe I was hearing. "Where do you live?" came first--and let me assure you that vague answers such as "the Upper East Side" (which I later tried) were not what he had in mind. The judge insisted on the precise street and avenue. Next came "Where...
...edge act, their eagerness to violate convention paving the way for the likes of Lenny Bruce and Woody Allen (who, according to Levy, asked Lewis to direct both Take the Money and Run and Bananas), Steve Martin and, of course, Jim Carrey. As a solo act, Lewis has at various times been the highest-paid performer in film, on television and on Broadway. Levy, a film critic for the Portland Oregonian, does a skillful job of putting Lewis' career in historical context, from a creative as well as a business standpoint (the shift in power from the studios to stars...
...huddled together. Various ideas were proposed. "The Star Spangled Banner?" Some of us couldn't hit the high notes; others hated the song with a passion. "This Land Is Your Land?" We didn't know the words. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame?" No big baseball fans here. Finally, we narrowed the choice down to either the "Brady Bunch" theme or "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall." We got down to 85 bottles and then gave into the demands of irate Europeans and Asians to shut...