Word: extention
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some extent, DuBridge invited such criticism. Although he had initially warned the Administration that the economies could turn the U.S. into a second-rate scientific power in some areas, he later seemed too willing to accept the cuts. Still, DuBridge could be an effective behind-the-scenes advocate. He was particularly influential in persuading Nixon to curtail the use of defoliants in Viet Nam. He also played a key role in the President's decision to announce a ban on germ warfare, and he helped to focus attention on environmental problems. But in the face of the Administration...
...will be able to judge the extent of our success in helping the elderly live meaningful lives by watching this index of their misery...
...voice masking helps the stutterer is as much a mystery as the causes of stuttering itself. Until the sixth year, all children stutter to some extent, repeating themselves an average of 45 times in every 1,000 words. The tolerant parent either smiles indulgently at these apprentice mistakes or else takes no notice of them. Occasionally, however, the child is repeatedly commanded to talk straight. Some experts theorize that misguided attempts at discipline make the stutterer...
Fetishist. McMahon's novel suffers from problems of technique and plotting. Timmy reads minds and recounts the distant intimate activities of others to an extent that damages credibility. Melodrama intervenes at too strategic moments: a convenient suicide wraps up one subplot, a scientist loses his wallet and laundry with cosmic consequences, an offstage Russian turns out to be a sex fetishist rather than...
...promising use of thermography is in medicine. By spotting unusual temperature changes on the skin, doctors have been able to locate tumors, detect symptoms foreshadowing strokes, explore the extent of arthritic inflammation, gauge the severity of burns. If human skin is too warm, it may well mean increased metabolic activity and blood temperature underneath it, one of the signs of a malignancy. Cold skin may indicate dead tissue, as in severe burns, or reduced blood circulation, a clue to circulatory blockages...