Word: colorism
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...details the activity, or expression pattern, of genes. It includes vivid three-dimensional images and descriptions of 20,000 genes and their activity, and has already become a go-to source for researchers studying everything from multiple sclerosis to brain tumors. Researchers can log on and view, in helpful color-coded patterns, where certain genes are turned on in the brain, and can manipulate the image to get just the perspective and cross section they need...
...thoroughly space age. By lowering atmospheric pressure, it brings liquids to boil at temperatures much lower than normal - 55?C for water, 80?C for oil - while still cooking more quickly than traditional vacuum cookers. Lower temperatures and shorter cooking times keep the cellular structure - as well as the color, texture and nutrients - of foods intact...
...English concentrator in Dunster House. Her column “Identity Politics” will appear on alternate Wednesdays and will aim to examine the ways in which the many facets of people’s identities can color situations, cause conflict, and occasionally contradict each other...
While Sogavare was in the Big Apple, RAMSI officials were generating color and movement in Honiara. Working the grass roots, the mission set up community outreach stalls to promote its work. According to the Solomon Star newspaper, a young Canberra economist, Harry the Juggler, entertained the crowd while speaking in pidgin about economic reform; it was goofy but effective. RAMSI is popular with locals because it's brought better security, some services, and new infrastructure. RAMSI is a strange beast. It is not an occupying force, but remains in the Solomons at the invitation of the government...
...Minister had hampered the workings of both parliament and the courts. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a constitutional monarch, was reaffirmed as head of state, while the spokesman promised that a new caretaker Prime Minister would be named. (Cavalry regiment soldiers stationed by Government House had yellow ribbons, a color associated with the monarchy, tied to their uniforms and rifles in an apparent signal that the coup enjoyed the King's tacit support.) By 3 a.m., TV announcers had declared Wednesday a holiday for most citizens, while civil servants were asked to report to military bases...