Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...infected cells from producing any new copies of the virus. Thalidomide apparently accomplished this feat by inhibiting a naturally occurring substance called tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Its purpose in the body is to fight cancer and infections, and a side effect of its activity is severe weight loss. In people who are infected with HIV, for some unknown reason, TNF also promotes production of the virus. "We thought that if we could inhibit TNF, then maybe we could decrease some of the clinical symptoms of AIDS," Kaplan says...
...three principal causes of the orchestras' current woes are financial, artistic and social. All have been visible for years, and are gathering steam. But it was not until the recession struck in force that their cumulative weight was felt...
Reno ran five times, and kept winning by vast margins. That she managed to do so running as a liberal-minded, pro-choice Democrat in a deeply conservative county without hiding her principles, carries a lot of weight in the city of perpetual pandering...
...little bit, although I don't think it need be as expansive as we fear. I don't see you sort of ferrying your armed police all over the world keeping order. I think it's much more how you throw your weight in the world arena politically, and how you demonstrate your outrage at flagrant misbehavior in places where it can be stopped...
...Medicine's Diet Modification Clinic. Says Lyn Almon, a dietitian at Emory University Hospital: "There are so many mixed messages bombarding dieters that some people are throwing up their hands and going back to their old eating habits. There's a feeling, 'If I'm going to lose the weight and then just regain it, why start?' " The fast-food companies are keeping salads on the menu and offering a greater variety of other items, but they have lost their illusions about attracting many people who still count calories. Admits Kentucky Fried Chicken vice president Steve Provost: "People just...