Word: lengthening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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NATION: The odds lengthen against Speaker Jim Wright...
...Angeles, quick-service nail salons are springing up faster than fresh- vegetable stands. Customers get a lot more these days than a soak and a dunk. A typical visit includes a choice of manicures (French, oil or glue), a hand massage and acrylic sculpting to strengthen and lengthen the nails. Prices range from $5 for the basic treatment to $50 or more for an extensive...
...numerous embryos are transferred into the uterus in the hope that one will "take." As a result, some clinics now use fewer embryos. Multiple conceptions have also occurred in women taking fertility drugs; many could be avoided, say obstetricians, if dosages were prescribed more carefully. Such measures would probably lengthen the time that it takes couples to conceive, but that seems a small price to pay for avoiding what must be one of the most painful decisions that parents- to-be are ever forced to make...
Researchers believe the benefits occur because exercise shuts down the production of certain reproductive hormones in both men and women. The effect is more pronounced, however, in females. Vigorous training, for example, can temporarily lengthen or even eliminate a runner's menstrual cycle. The response appears to have a healthy effect. In a separate study of ten rowers at Harvard, Frisch found that active women produce a less potent form of estrogen than their sedentary counterparts. Result: breast and uterine tumors that depend on the hormone cannot develop as easily. In addition, athletes lack excess body fat, which can predispose...
Harvard students, unlike other anthropoid primates but like certain arboreal rodents and members of the ursine order, undergo peculiar physiological shifts as the nights lengthen and the weather turns cold. A pallor sets in around the cheeks and jaw, the hair becomes dishevelled, and exhaustion and bad breath replace the generally sunny, if somewhat offstandish, demeanor. As the progress continues, cause feeds on effect, creating a downward spiral of personal appearance and emotional well-being...