Word: crick
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...yawn. "Sleepy? The plane ride from Beijing must have been so tiring. Lay down in my lap." I hesitated. She leaned over and pushed my head into her lap. It wasn't very comfortable. When my cheek could no longer stand the rough polyester of her slacks and a crick developed in my neck, I tried to sit up. But my aunt forced my head back down. I gave up. As I "slept," I suddenly heard retching noises in front and behind me. I sat up. Li Mei and Li Peng were holding smalll plastic bags to their mouths...
...tend to bristle when they hear people speak dismissively of "research for research's sake." Leon Lederman, former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, points out that many of the century's most important scientific advances -- from Einstein's theories of relativity to Watson and Crick's DNA double helix -- came out of just this kind of "pure" research. Lederman supports the President's efforts to bring more coherence and high-level attention to science policy, but he warns the Administration not to put its eggs into too few baskets. "There is not enough wisdom...
Gregor Mendel could not have foreseen it. James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA, could not have imagined it. Yet the Orthodox Jewish communities of New York and Israel are applying modern genetic biology to their major life choices...
Like the others gathered to mark the anniversary, Anderson paid tribute to Watson and Crick, whose accomplishment made all that followed possible. Watson was equally appreciative. "I just wish to thank everyone for being here," he said, "to help Francis and me celebrate what was really a very wonderful birthday party...
Watson and Crick reflect on the revolution they wrought...