Word: artificiales
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
As a result, life expectancy in the U.S., which was 66.6 years for men in 1960 and 73.1 years for women, had by 1994 reached 72.3 and 79 for people born in that year. The death rate from heart attacks has dropped 30% in the past three decades. Treatments for...
TARGETING TOXINS Not so long ago, doctors thought they had finally found that long-awaited magic bullet in the war against cancer. Their great hope bears the impressive name of monoclonal antibodies, which are proteins that bind to--and attack--a particular target, usually another protein known as an antigen...
The medical breakthroughs that have already had the deepest impact are those that enhance sight and mobility. Nationwide, more than a million cataract procedures are performed each year to correct clouding in the lens of the eye. Until 20 years ago, the main treatment was the removal of the patient...
This year, however, we're forced to look for other explanations. The numbers are no longer infallible. We're inclined to support David Merkowitz, spokesperson for the American Council on Education, who told the Globe that "the rankings are kind of artificial."
Fortunately, it's not the acting, or the directing, or even the script, as Holofcener and her strong cast give a flowing, excellent treatment of material that in other hands might turn to life-in-the-nineties mush for the brain. You won't find here a goofy, artificial circle...