News of the Week -20220524

Word of the Week

24-May-2022​

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​containing seeds of later development​

germinal

\ ˈjer-mə-nᵊl

\ adjective​

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3 times in 2021​

​Researchers showed last year that the elite school inside of lymph nodes where the B cells train, called the germinal center, remains active for at least 15 weeks after the second dose of a Covid vaccine. In an updated study published in the journal Nature, the same team showed that six months after vaccination, memory B cells continue to mature, and the antibodies they produce keep gaining the ability to recognize new variants.

“Those antibodies at six months are better binders and more potent neutralizers than the ones that are produced one month after immunization,” said Ali Ellebedy, an immunologist at Washington University in St. Louis who led the study.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/learning/word-of-the-day-germinal.html

News of the Week

24-May-2022​

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Multiple Choice

On May 18, landmark labor agreements were announced and will guarantee, for the first time, that ___ players representing the United States men’s and women’s national teams will receive equal pay when competing in international matches and competitions.

• basketball

• polo

• soccer

• volleyball

Multiple Choice

A chaotic day on Wall Street extended the longest period of market turmoil since 2001, with stocks on May 20 briefly descending into ________ market territory, Wall Street’s label for a sustained downturn in the markets.

• bear

• bull

• fish

• fruit

Multiple Choice

After more than three decades in Russia, _____— an icon of U.S. lifestyle and capitalism — has put its Russia business up for sale as it works to leave the country completely.

• Apple

• Coca-Cola

• Levi’s

• McDonald’s

Multiple Choice

All of the following happened last week as part of a tumultuous Republican primary season EXCEPT:

• A neck-and-neck Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania between Mehmet Oz and David McCormick was too close to call and is still deadlocked.

• Despite a litany of political and personal errors and scandals, Representative Madison Cawthorn won re-election in North Carolina.

• Doug Mastriano, who has ties to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and QAnon, won the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania.

• Republican voters demonstrated a willingness to nominate candidates who parrot Donald J. Trump’s election lies.