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1. impetuous - characterized byundue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) brainish, madcap, tearaway, hotheaded, i...
The pain of life's beauty and fleetingness was something Eliot longed to put on hold. Only her plans for going for an MD in cosmetology had to be put on hold as her jet-setting career kept her busy. Butin May the plans were put on hold when he was struck down with kidney stones....
The group of five CIDs are further broken down at the "same isotope" and "same stereo" levels. See text for the definition of the four contexts of the "sameness" molecule, which is conceptually the important part of the molecule. Specifically, a parent compound must...
Gene Ontology (GO) terms represent the standard for annotation and representation of molecular functions, biological processes and cellular compartments, but a large gap exists between the way concepts are represented in the ontology and how they are expressed in natural language text. The construction...
Widespread methods for attracting and increasing good luck exist around the world. In China, practices that often originated in old traditions still find their way into modern life. Beliefs about good luck in China come from passed down customs or superstitions, and range from everything from ausp...
Sociological studies show the effects of poverty as being passed down from generation to generation. Family values, habits and lifestyles leave little room for growth beyond one's everyday circumstances. A cultural framework in which issues surrounding survival, self-empowerment and the value of time...
Monarchies were the main form of government when the modern nation-states were developing. Each country was ruled by a king or queen, usually hereditary, passed down through ruling families. This monarch had complete control over the affairs of the state, but often delegated power to regional lo...
(donor of the A genome to polyploid wheat) and has good levels of resistance against the stripe rust pathogen. When present in hexaploid wheat, theT. monococcum Yr34resistance gene confers a moderate level of resistance against virulentPstraces present in California and the virulent Chinese race...
If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would ...