Word: stroke
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...weren’t really sure what to expect from the other teams, as we hadn’t raced most of them, and even Syracuse and Brown had different lineups,” said rising senior stroke George Kitovitz. “We were concerned by Molesey, as they had several Olympic medals in that boat...
...just the Green Zone, which has already lost its status as a relative safe haven in Baghdad. Mortars fall there almost daily, usually in swift barrages that sometimes kill people in ones and twos. But even 30 minutes of sustained, aimed mortar fire could kill dozens in one stroke as well as shatter official Iraqi buildings that represent the only meaningful display of governmental order in the country...
...easy to dismiss Tenmyouya's paintings as the latest mash-up of Asian culture and the language of fantasy cartoons. But like Matsui, Tenmyouya possesses uncommon talent with his brush, and an ability to satirize at will. In 2002-03's Neo Thousand-Armed Kannon series, he made a stroke-perfect representation of the Buddha of Compassion-but with those thousand arms carrying machine guns, pistols and daggers. Tenmyouya painted it in the wake of 9/11, when the connection between religion and violence was fresh in his mind...
...rehabilitated addict is always in recovery because cured suggests that resuming drinking or smoking or shooting up is a safe possibility--whose downside could be devastating. But there are hints that a cure might not in principle be impossible. A recent study showed that tobacco smokers who suffered a stroke that damaged the insula (a region of the brain involved in emotional, gut-instinct perceptions) no longer felt a desire for nicotine...
...that he can coax enemies into the same room and mesmerize every individual that he's in total agreement with them. That's how he brought peace in Northern Ireland, a major triumph of his decade as British prime minister. But Blair is a master of the broad stroke, and much of his job will require the talents of a miniaturist, delving into the minutiae of where Israeli checkpoints can be removed inside the Palestinian territories...