Word: boosting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clarify what spying is. For years the Iraqi dictator has insisted that the U.N. inspectors rummaging through his country in search of concealed weapons were no more than CIA agents working for Washington. Saddam is a poor candidate for victimhood, but last week his protests got a boost as a leak-and-leak-again battle between the U.N. and the U.S. spun out. The suggestion: U.S. spies had used UNSCOM, a purportedly neutral U.N. commission, to collect lethal targeting intelligence about Saddam while masquerading as independent inspectors. It was a shocking charge--as if Girl Scouts peddling cookies were also...
Harvard played a passionate, aggressive,physical game throughout and once again shockedone of the finest teams in college hockey. The winvalidates the Crimson's recent hot streak andshould boost its confidence for the second half ofthe season. Harvard now takes a two-week break forexams...
...everything at once. This one can be tough, especially if you need to lose weight, because your best hope for long-term success requires permanent changes in your diet as well as a boost in your physical activity. But improvements in one area often lead to changes in others. If you're exercising regularly, for example, you're likely to find yourself eating more healthfully as well, so as not to undermine your "investment...
...known as short tandem repeats that are just two to seven base-pairs long. Though little more than genetic gibberish, STRs yield remarkably accurate results. If three of the ministrands match a suspect's, the likelihood is 2,000 to 1 that police have the right person. Nine matches boost the odds to 1 billion to 1. FBI sampling rules require no fewer than 13 matches. "Its success as a crime-fighting tool is incredible," says Christopher Asplen, director of a national DNA-study commission...
There the procrastinator will hopefully discover a significant productivity boost as a result of the new location. Oh, sure, the first floor is intimidating--study groups convene quietly, people sleep in armchairs. But descending down to the basement, the procrastinator just might find an ideal study environment--one where possible distraction is strictly minimal...