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What makes spinal-cord injuries as devastating as they are is that everything about them plays out in absolutes: they are instantaneous, utterly disabling and horribly permanent.

"A Breakthrough at Last for Spinal-Cord-Injury Research?" by Jeffrey Kluger, healthland.time.com. July 31, 2012.
What makes spinal-cord injuries as devastating as they are is that everything about them plays out in absolutes: they are instantaneous, utterly disabling and horribly permanent.