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...moving in two directions. One is to see the compound go through toxicological and clinical testing," Keung said. "The other would be to test the mechanism of the compound...
...apart from the biological urge to reproduce, the unique properties of the relation between man and woman are such that a life lived apart from that relation will be "imperfect and stunted." Human sexuality is not simply a means of physical gratification, nor simply a mental construct, but a compound of the physical and psychological close to the root of our humanity...
...colleagues first stunned the research community six years ago by showing that a compound containing the exotic element yttrium could become a superconductor at 98 degrees on the Kelvin scale favored by physicists (that's a not-so-balmy -283 degreesF). That record, broken repeatedly, is now as outdated as the 19-foot pole vault, and last month the contest heated up again. First Chu announced in the journal Nature that a mercury-based compound could superconduct at 153 degreesK (-184 degreesF), a startling 20 degrees higher than the old standard. He got that result by subjecting the material...
...Justice Department report has concluded that Janet Reno exhausted all "reasonable alternatives" before approving an assault on David Koresh's Waco compound last spring, and cleared the Attorney General of having made any mistakes. It does conclude, though, that there was bitter wrangling within the fbi about what tactics to use during the 51-day crisis, and that Reno's claim of child abuse during the standoff was unsupported by fact...
...drafts compound another problem for the administration: energy efficiency. Most of the newer buildings were built in an era of cheap energy, with an emphasis on open space and glass. This `modern' style, however, is now proving to be a headache in terms of conserving energy...