Word: distinction
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...exciting to work with people across the country," Sanberg said. "Each state has distinct needs, but there are some things that unite everyone...
Within explicit, or declarative, memory, on the other hand, there are specific subsystems that handle shapes, textures, sounds, faces, names--even distinct systems to remember nouns vs. verbs. All of these different types of memory are ultimately stored in the brain's cortex, within its deeply furrowed outer layer--a component of the brain dauntingly more complex than comparable parts in lesser species. Experts in brain imaging are only beginning to understand what goes where, and how the parts are reassembled into a coherent whole...
...Hawass's team has explored four tombs, with a total of 105 mummies laid on top of one another in neat stacks. All told, the remains were interred in four distinct ways. One type was covered with a thin layer of gold. Another lay under lifelike masks made of plaster-coated linen, or cartonnage, that was painted with scenes of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses, including Isis, Osiris, Horus and Anubis. Still others were placed in so-called anthropoid coffins--pottery sarcophagi with human faces--and a few were only wrapped in linen. Bracelets, amulets, statues of mourning ladies, pottery...
When a tennis pro is looking for something to take his mind off tennis, calling Shields every night might do it. Andre swooned, wed and swooned again, eventually bottoming out in 1997 at a world ranking of 141. "I made a distinct choice for my life, and I don't regret that at all," Agassi says. "I'm responsible for what I did--not Brooke...
...COMMENT] May be an early form of H. habilis; if a distinct species, it's the earliest known member of our genus...