Word: activationism
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But will Angelenos use the $800 million line? Says Norm Jester, director of rail activation for the Rail Construction Corporation: "It will be attractive enough to encourage people to leave cars behind." The line is expected to carry 35,000 daily passengers the first year and 54,000 by the...
Enter cyclosporine. Discovered in 1970 by a scientist at Sandoz, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, the drug was nearly abandoned as worthless. Unexpectedly, however, researchers found that it was a highly selective suppressor of helper T cells. By preventing the activation of the T cells, the drug interferes with the body...
"What we began to notice was that there was an [activation of some of the] neurons during sleep, perhaps causing REM," he says.
In addition to fast action, a playfully cynical humor reminiscent of Buckaroo Banzai runs throughout the film. The storyline is periodically punctuated by a television news show--its slogan is, "Give us three minutes and we'll give you the world."--which charts Robocop's successes. The show is filled...
But last week DOE announced that it was arbitrarily postponing activation of such a site for an additional five years, until 2003, when some 40,000 tons / of the waste will have accumulated. The proclaimed reasons: DOE needs the extra time for more research, to consult with states and Indian...