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One might postulate that severe inflammation causes such a profound hypersynthesis of the prohormone that the NE endoproteolytic machinery is overwhelmed.
"I'm far too overwhelmed with emotion to rely on mere words," he e-mailed back.
The attacks of September 11, 2001 overwhelmed the response capacity of most of the local jurisdictions where the hijacked airliners crashed.
Most are babies and toddlers, and their parents are overwhelmed.
All papers report that the Nairobi hospitals have been overwhelmed by treating the 4000-plus wounded; the NYT devotes a separate inside article to the story.