Word: coded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...response to student accusations that it was trying to impose a speech code, a Law School faculty committee has changed a proposed sexual harassment policy that had earlier included broad restrictions on hate speech...
Nixon, they hint slyly, was whisked to New York Hospital shortly after suffering a stroke and was quickly isolated form all but a few visitors. His death was no sooner reported than "the body" was flown out to the Nixon compound (or "library" as it has been code named...
Admittedly, the general concept of the new card keys is appealing. In contrast to the traditional, metal keys that irresponsible students misplace each year, card keys provide better security. It's easier to change a computer code and issue a new plastic card than it is to change a set of locks for an entire house...
Metastasis is an event of awesome complexity, one that requires multiple genes to cooperate as closely as musicians in an orchestra. Some of these genes code for chemical solvents that enable the advancing cell to dissolve surrounding tissue. Others order up the production of adhesion molecules that, like treads under a tank, move the cell forward. Why would genes do that? The answer, notes Patricia Steeg of the National Cancer Institute, is that while the genes important to metastasis are abnormally turned on, they are not necessarily abnormal themselves. A cancer cell, in many ways, is not that different from...
...case of Auburn R. Calloway, on the other hand, who attacked three of his fellow Federal Express pilots while flying as a jump-seat passenger, is mystifying. The crime-conscious Calloway had organized a Neighborhood Watch program. As an ex-Navy pilot, he knew to respect the cockpit code of solidarity that says you leave your differences on the ground. His possible motive: he was scheduled to appear the next day before a disciplinary hearing at Federal Express to face charges that he lied about his military and work experience...