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Word: commited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this critical task, vigilant enzymes quickly call a halt to the process until repairs can be made. Sometimes, however, the DNA of a dividing cell is too badly damaged to be salvaged. At this point, these same enzymes help activate a kamikaze circuit that compels the cell to commit suicide by destroying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ENEMY WITHIN | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...killed her father. In carrying out his pledge, Badshah breaks Indian law. So he gives his word to a kindly policeman that, after going home for his wedding, he will return to be jailed. In the ensuing 20 years he takes the rap for two murders he didn't commit. Poor Badshah: noble to a fault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOORAY FOR BOLLYWOOD! | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

...Clinton's promise to help reopen peace talks with Syria, in part through a continuation of Secretary of State Christopher's shuttle diplomacy, Netanyahu appealed to Damascus Monday to remain flexible. While Netanyahu's predecessor Peres had indicated a willingness to go along with Syria's demand that Israel commit itself to withdrawing from the Golan Heights as part of any peace agreement, the new Prime Minister has firmly rejected the idea, but still seeks a path toward peace. "Like us, the United States wants the talks resumed," Netanyahu said in Washington. "I don't know if Syria wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Reluctant Peacemaker | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...Morris lie? It would have destroyed him if it had got out. "Remember, this was a transitional period," he says. "Bill Clinton was making no staff changes. He wasn't willing to commit to me, and I wasn't to him. I didn't know how long he would have me. He said, 'Let's see how this works out.'" Still, it was worth a shot. "I'd just had my best year ever," says Morris, "but this was the ultimate moment in one's life. If Clinton lost, we'd both be finished. I had to ask myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION '96: WHO IS DICK MORRIS? | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...another two girls were set free following a captivity during which Dutroux drugged and raped one of the girls. "There is certainly a furious reaction here in Belgium," says TIME's Jay Branegan. "The press is asking 'How could a sex offender be released after only three years to commit more crimes?' Now, people are calling for no parole in sex cases. The whole issue is so enormously emotional that it seems unlikely the government will resist the calls to change the legal system." -->