Word: counteractions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that what is natural is not necessarily unchangeable. "The good news," he says, "is that qualities like conscience and a sense of justice have a biological basis. The bad news is that we are designed to deploy these gifts in self-serving ways -- at least sometimes. We can't counteract genes until we know more about them." Learning more about basic issues in science and technology has been a lifelong passion for Wright, 37. His first book was Three Scientists and Their Gods (1988), which alternated profiles with essays on science and philosophy. Born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and educated...
Leach's presentation was overshadowed hours later, however, by Clinton's news conference -- only the second one he has held in prime time. Though the session had been planned for two weeks, it was finally scheduled rather quickly. The main reason was to try to counteract a sharp plunge in the polls and do so just before Congress's Easter recess, so that lawmakers would discover pro-Clinton sentiment on the rise back home...
Thus, it is possible that many students may truly desire diversity, and at the same time segregate themselves. If this is the case, then a randomized housing lottery is an opportunity for students to counteract their natural tendency to "stick with their own kind...
There is no way to counteract the spread of rabies within the raccoon population, according to McCabe...
...lies in vitamin E's ability to prevent oxidation of fatty compounds in the blood -- the same biochemical reaction that turns butter rancid. Researchers believe that when low-density lipoprotein, the "bad cholesterol," is oxidized, it builds up more easily on artery walls. By blocking oxidation, vitamin E may counteract some of the risk of heart attack associated with...