Word: destructibility
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...latter, they further face a raft of federal definitions that can profoundly affect their economic welfare. The result is painful tensions between individuals and between tribes. Says an Indian activist: Just the question of how much Indian blood an individual possesses has become "a kind of built-in self-destruct button...
...Downward Spiral, the bracing new album by Nine Inch Nails, the mood starts off grim and deteriorates fast. The record opens with a volley of gunshot-like reports that mutate into the techno thrash of Mr. Self Destruct, on which composer-singer Trent Reznor screams, "I am the voice inside your head -- and I control...
...When damage occurs, p53 commands other genes to bring cell division to a halt. If repairs are made, then p53 allows the cell cycle to continue. But in some cases, if the damage is too serious to be patched, p53 activates other genes that cause the cell to self-destruct. Mutations in p53, which have been detected in more than 50% of all human cancers, are thus extremely dangerous. In laboratory cultures, some cancer cells that possess mutant versions of p53 do not die when challenged by antitumor agents, while those that have normal p53 genes go belly...
...story in Somalia is even sadder. Behind intervention there was the notion that the world community should not allow a society to self-destruct and a people to be decimated. Yet after conflicts with General Aidid, the U.N. operation that saved thousands from starvation and was restoring stability to the country seems about ready to collapse. With the imminent failure of the mission, the factional fighting that led to chaos is reappearing. Starvation isn't far behind...
...offense just not communicating? Is the team complacent, its sights set on the future rather than the here and how? Does the team have a tendency to self-destruct...