Word: abreast
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That decision was regarded by the Patent Office simply as an incremental move to keep abreast of advances in biotechnology. But to some people it marked the crossing of a sacrosanct dividing line and was cause for alarm. Patenting plants and microbes are one thing, said Veterinarian Michael Fox, scientific director of the Humane Society of the United States, because "they lack the capacity to suffer." By viewing animals as mere products, he continued, "we seem to be forgetting that these are sentient beings...
...holiday strollers watched from behind police barricades, the students unfurled a dozen posters and banners calling for democracy and declaring support for the economic reforms introduced by Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping. Seemingly unaware that their actions might instead serve to undermine Deng, they locked arms in a column eight abreast and began marching away from Tiananmen. Then, abruptly, the phalanx of students turned and surged back toward the square...
...Harvard Space Research Group, which sponsored Field's lecture, is a five-year-old undergraduate organization dedicated to keeping students abreast of space-related news...
...almost every measure, Ronald Reagan emerged from Reykjavik a winner. Among Americans who kept abreast of the summit, two out of three support Reagan's decision to reject the Soviet offer. Most blame Mikhail Gorbachev for the failure to reach agreement, and an overwhelming majority believes the President is more committed to arms control than is the Soviet leader. Most agree with Reagan that SDI should be developed. Apparently, most do not see SDI as a stumbling block to future negotiations; a majority is optimistic that Reagan and Gorbachev will eventually sign a pact. Significantly, confidence in Reagan's ability...
...often empty stores in so many socialist states. Capitalism's unruliness means that it will always be subject to swings of boom and bust. The system, however, presents the constant opportunity for profit and for improvement of the individual's lot. Countries that want to develop quickly or stay abreast in a rapidly changing economic world are finding themselves drawn to free enterprise, which lets people loose so that they can lose their economic shackles...