invisible primary n.— «Requiring candidates to launch what is effectively a national campaign ensures that only those who have honed their messages in advance will be able to succeed. No longer will candidates have a chance to experiment...
stick n.— «Among employees at the Preston Valley donor center, Mr. Cone is known—in professional parlance—as a “difficult stick.” “He’s done this for so long, it’s difficult to hit him in the right place, where he...
Ben Franklin effect n.— «Giving can lead to other forms of involvement: Volunteering, advocacy. And vice-versa. It’s called the Ben Franklin Effect. Because Franklin once said: He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do...
domino transplant n.— «She was assailed with morbid quilt about the donor of her heart and lungs and also excessively preoccupied with the child who had received her heart in a so called “domino” transplant.» —by Hannah...
domino transplant n.— «The life-saving opportunity occured, after the organs of a baby that could not be saved became available. During a 12-hour surgery, Jason received the heart and lungs transplant, making available at the same time a...
sister
n.— «Doctors refer to two kidneys from the same donor as sisters.» —“Sharing Friendship, and Then a Donor’s Kidneys” by Jennifer Steinhauer New York Times Dec. 9, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)