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  • The linch-pin of hearing and balance, thousands of these hairs help convert sound vibrations into nerve impulses which are decoded by the brain.

    Medical Breakthrough as Scientists Create Tiny Ear Hairs From Stem Cells to Cure Deafness | Impact Lab 2010

  • The Bush administration claimed that Ethiopia was the linch-pin of its regional counterterrorism strategy and a vital beacon of stability.

    With a Friend Like This 2009

  • It has seriously challenged the Anomalocaridid's place in the Arthropod family tree and calls into question the theory Stephen J. Gould presents Anomalocaris as the linch-pin for in Wonderful Life but again it is very much worth the read!

    Archive 2009-07-01 Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009

  • It has seriously challenged the Anomalocaridid's place in the Arthropod family tree and calls into question the theory Stephen J. Gould presents Anomalocaris as the linch-pin for in Wonderful Life but again it is very much worth the read!

    Life's Time Capsule: Anomalocarids in Art Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009

  • Even the theoretical linch-pin of the supposed happy-mind-healthy-body connection -- that a positive outlook strengthens the immune system -- took a kick in the teeth two years ago when Suzanne Segerstrom at the University of Kentucky found, to her own apparent surprise, that optimism can have a negative effect on the immune system when the stressors are intense, as in the case of serious disease.

    Barbara Ehrenreich: What Causes Cancer: Probably Not You 2008

  • Peter Suber is widely acknowledged as the linch-pin of the open access movement, but an ironic consequence of this is that his own writings on the subject can be overshadowed by the torrent of info he provides on Open Access News.

    Peter Suber Writing Suberbly glyn moody 2008

  • Part 3: Confession as Theater '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The linch-pin of the War on Terror has been 9/11, and the pin itself has always been Osama bin Laden.

    Is Osama bin Laden Dead? Part 3: Confession as Theater 2007

  • Part 4: Deeper into the Confession Tape '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The linch-pin of the War on Terror has been 9/11, and the pin itself has always been Osama bin Laden.

    Is Osama bin Laden Dead? Part 4: Deeper into the Confession Tape 2007

  • Part 2: the First Tapes '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The linch-pin of the War on Terror has been 9/11, and the pin itself has always been Osama bin Laden.

    Is Osama bin Laden Dead? Part 2: the First Tapes 2007

  • Part 1: December is for Dying '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The linch-pin of the War on Terror has always 9/11, and the pin itself has always been Osama bin Laden.

    Is Osama bin Laden Dead? Part 1: December is for Dying 2007

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