Word: bit
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...synapse is repeated all along the length of the nerve. When a nerve is stimulated, a chemical called acetylcholine is released within the nerve. It combines with the receptor protein, causing an interchange of sodium and potassium ions. The ions in turn trigger release of more acetylcholine a bit farther along the line, letting the current advance. To turn off the signal, an enzyme, cholinesterase, is released that instantly destroys the acetylcholine in the nerve...
...Unsophisticated. A retiring man, Miller complained a bit about "living in a fish bowl," but beyond that the Millers managed to keep their marriage to themselves, out of the public eye and prints, except for three ill-fated pregnancies, all of which ended in miscarriage...
...wasn't a simple matter. The Crimson lost eight yards before it got going. After a little bit of fiddling around-with fourth and ten-Watts let loose with a pass to Billy Taylor that brought the ball to the Yale ten yard line...
Thus far, the indications seem a bit depressing. The retention of Hoover and Dulles has again dismayed liberals, who after swallowing the news, excused it in the name of non-partisanship, and (familiarly) shrewdness. But Hoover has antagonized liberals by his close identification with Congressional investigatory committees, and in keeping Dulles, Kennedy may be mutely accepting the misguided U2 policy...
Like the show itself, William Jacobson started a bit slowly, as the major general, but by the end of his famous patter song he was the very model of a modern etcetera. He coped with Gilbertian poly-syllables without slowing or slurring, and his voice was adequate. Jacobson moves well, with a good command of the stylized posturing required of Savoyards, and does a delightful bed-time ballet...