Word: benefit
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...gene therapy. In January they gave approval to Dr. W. French Anderson and Dr. Steven Rosenberg, both at the NIH, to transplant a bacterial gene into cancer patients. While this gene is intended only to make it easier for doctors to monitor an experimental cancer treatment and will not benefit the patients, its successful implantation should help pave the way for actual gene therapy...
...encouraged Judith Rodin to take the position because I thought Radcliffe would benefit from her leadership...
Hordon said because of a simultaneous Boston charity benefit featuring Steven Wright and other well-known comedians, he expected fewer than 20 people to show for last night's performance. About 90 percent of last night's full-house were Rheinsupporters, Hordon estimated...
...considered an entitlement." Nunn's national-service proposal has been criticized for discriminating against the poor, a charge Nunn finds "ridiculous . . . The current system isn't working. The dropout rates are horrendous, and $10,000 is more than almost every student could hope to make. It's a benefit, not a penalty...
...people most at risk from this bill would be people participating in the Section 8 and 707 subsidy programs. Because landlords benefit from extra government rent payments (and the Housing Authority only subsidizes lowcost apartments) about 80 percent of those subsidized tenants now live in rent-controlled apartments. With a law like 1-2-3, any of these tenants seeking rent-controlled apartments would be left out in the cold. Extra rent payments cannot compete with condo profits...