Word: braked
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...quality of people's lives--the platform Bill Clinton ran on in 1996. After a stint at the Federal Trade Commission, Dole served as Secretary of Transportation under Reagan and Secretary of Labor under Bush. She can take some credit for air bags, airline safety measures and the brake light on the rear windshield of cars. She helped push for the first minimum-wage increase in eight years. These are badges that could help her bring independent voters, particularly women, into primaries--and make her a target of conservatives like Forbes...
...believe at least three things have to go wrong for colon cancers to form. They liken the situation to a car accident. One of the genes that tells cells to divide (the accelerator) must get stuck in the "on" position. Another gene that tells cells to slow down (the brake) must be disabled. And the molecules that fix any mistakes in the DNA code (the repair crew) have to go on strike. In half of all colon cancers, the accelerator is a gene called ras, which makes a protein that stimulates cell growth. It was the ideal target...
...have had other major flaws. The regular chauffeur of the Mercedes, Olivier Lafaye, testified that a persistent warning light on the dashboard indicated a problem with the antilock braking system and the brake linings. The manager of the Etoile rental company, Jean-Francois Musa, told investigators that he had checked with a Mercedes dealer and was told that it was a false alert due to "air bubbles" in the hydraulic-brake circuit. But the claim of air in the brake system, if true, is itself worrisome: automotive experts consulted by TIME say this could reduce the efficiency of the brakes...
Investigators have discovered another anomaly: the brake fluid contained 7.5% water. Since water is not normally present in the system, Judge Stephan has requested an expert report on how it got there and whether it could have caused the brakes to malfunction. Experts consulted by TIME say this amount of water could cause corrosion and rust that might impair or even disable the brakes...
Harris' clever and witty book makes this argument with power, but that's partly because she doesn't brake for subtleties. A classic 1928 study, she writes, found that children who violated rules at home "were not noticeably more likely than anyone else to cheat on a test at school or in a game on the playground." Actually, that study did find some correlation between honesty inside and outside the home. And psychologist Douglas Jackson has reanalyzed the data with modern statistical techniques and found a very high correlation...