All the performers nerve themselves for this gothic task.

NEWYORKER: Home Turf

In animal experiments, such transplants mature into adult nerve cells and insinuate themselves into the damaged cord, restoring at least some movement to an otherwise paralysed body.

ECONOMIST: Something new in mind

For their part, the western banks have squabbled mightily among themselves, losing their collective nerve at every critical juncture.

ECONOMIST: Grudge match