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In collaboration with the Kennedy lab at Scripps, the team showed that the brain’s parabrachial nucleus can filter sensory input to quiet pain when immediate survival takes priority.

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The supplier of oil filters and windshield wipers has some $6 billion in balance-sheet debt in addition to its off-balance-sheet financing, primarily from factoring, a form of short-term borrowing backed by its customers’ unpaid invoices.

Word about Medicaid and the ACA premiums is starting to filter into the mainstream.

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"She's constructed somebody who doesn't have a filter, and that's partly because of what she's been through in life, and being the victim of aggression," said Craig.

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Of course, you can filter potential mates out based on factors like where they went to school or what title they hold at work, but this might be a bit shortsighted.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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