Word: brakes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ride to Dorchester in the red-12 will remember the Jammin’ 94.5 packed trips that somehow never ended in disaster. Tales of the monsters we tutored filled the three-bodies-over-capacity clunker, while the driver prayed the van would soon respond to his repeated brake pedal pumping and the 101-year-old lady swerving in front of us would just go away...
...Despite having to balance the competing interests of its allies in Pakistan and the Northern Alliance, the U.S. may ultimately be inclined to let the Alliance go on the offensive (with one foot on the brake) in the hope of accelerating the disintegration of the Taliban regime. The recapture of the northern town of Mazari al-Sharif from the Taliban and an advance on Kabul would certainly strike psychological blows that could potentially peel away Taliban supporters. But the Northern Alliance has so far made heavy weather of the drive to recapture its former northern stronghold at Mazari al-Sharif...
Rasoanaivo Hanitrarivo (pronounced Rah-SAH-nay-vo An-EEH-tray-va), singer-songwriter for the Malagasi band Tarika, confesses that she has adopted "a little bit of professionalism" since the group started touring internationally a few years ago. "Instead of using bicycle-brake cables, I use piano cables," she says, referring to the components of her myriad stringed instruments...
What the Duke researchers showed is that one gene, called IGF2R, which helps brake growth, is normally imprinted in sheep, cows and mice but not in humans. Human clones would always inherit nonimprinted IGF2R genes, so there would be no chance of a mix-up and, at least in this respect, their growth would be normal. But what of the other 49 or so imprinted genes? No one knows what trouble they might cause. So the fact that humans have one less imprinted gene than mice, sheep or cows means that human cloning might be marginally easier, but not necessarily...
...Philippines, workers have demonstrated over mistreatment by Japanese bosses. Anti-Japanese fervor in China has shifted from complaints about war atrocities to gripes about selling shoddy merchandise. In one case, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. recalled four-wheel-drive Pajeros in Europe and North America because of a faulty rear brake. Customers there got free repairs. Chinese owners did not. Only after a Chinese government-affiliated consumers' group filed suit did Mitsubishi agree to pay compensation. Similarly, Toshiba offered free repairs and compensation for faulty laptop computers sold in the U.S. while Chinese buyers were left in the lurch. "Such behavior...