Word: zurich
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...civil (very civil) war between one side of a man's soul and the other -- are in no way affected by the coming down of the Berlin Wall. Besides, in the very first paragraph of the new book, we see the Gulf War being followed in a posh Zurich hotel -- the very definition of a safe "neutral" zone -- and are reminded that espionage nature abhors a vacuum: if the cold war is over, a hot one must be cooked up in its place...
Last time anyone checked, he was playing ball in Switzerland. (Stop that! The Geneva-Zurich rivalry can get pretty intense...
...most promising areas of research involves proteins that actually inhibit nerve growth. These are present in the central nervous systems of mammals but not in fish or salamanders, which are capable of regenerating damaged spinal cords. By blocking these inhibitory proteins with antibodies, Martin Schwab, of the University of Zurich's Institute for Brain Research, has discovered that he can regrow severed nerves in rats. The results are even better when the animals also receive nerve growth factors. "The question," says Schwab, "is whether the restored nerves are functionally meaningful" -- a matter he is studying...
...Iceman's mismanaged recovery, declared that the mummy is the archaeological equivalent of "a Leonardo" and warned that it should not be damaged "in any way." When Innsbruck sent out the snippets of flesh "no larger than a sweetening tablet" for carbon dating by experts at Oxford and in Zurich, the Italian government threatened legal action...
...world's financial markets are so intertwined that when one itches, the others scratch. As mounting concerns over Japan's reeling economy sent Tokyo's stock exchanges into a dizzying vortex last week, markets from Amsterdam to Zurich did some rocking and rolling of their own. Tokyo's Nikkei average sank to 15,498 points, its lowest level in more than six years, while the London stock exchange fell 2.3% and Frankfurt shares dropped 5.4%. New York's Big Board sank 46 points, or 1.4%, in a week of generally bearish trading...