Word: vitalizing
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Scientists have so far identified 13 organic substances that are commonly labeled vitamins. In the human body, they play a vital role in helping regulate the chemical reactions that protect cells and convert food into energy and living tissue. Some vitamins are produced within the body. Vitamin D, for example, is manufactured in the skin during exposure to sunlight, and three other vitamins (K, biotin and pantothenic acid) are made inside the human gut by resident bacteria. But most vitamins must be ingested...
...Thomas Van Devender of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum found evidence that could explain why a once thriving Anasazi Indian community was abandoned 800 years ago. Simply stated, the Indians eventually used all the surrounding pine trees for their dwellings and firewood, depleting the woodland and eroding the farmland vital to the tribe's survival...
...helped pinpoint the targets. But the Navy complains that owing to shortcomings in communications, the Air Force was able to get most of the data -- as well as the glory -- while Navy personnel were stuck with a limited role because they could receive only a tiny fraction of the vital information. As part of a plan for a sweeping reorganization of U.S. intelligence, CIA Director Bob Gates now says he will fix the mess so that all services have ready access to such intelligence data in the future...
...unusual coalition that includes victims of such diseases as Parkinson's and even by quite a few converts from the pro-life camp. Their tactic is to separate the issue of fetal-tissue research from the debate over abortion. As they see it, fetal cells are equivalent to vital organs that are available to save lives but are now being thrown away...
...moviegoers munch their popcorn before the main feature starts these days, many of them see an earnest commercial in which actor James Earl Jones urges President Bush to make a vital trip to Brazil this June. People who want to deliver the same message directly to the White House can call an 800 number and for $6.95 send a personalized "Earth Telegram" to Washington...