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...chance that they have one or two. Even so, the Koreans' arsenal is not growing now. In order to obtain more plutonium for bombs, the North Koreans would have to turn off and cool down the reactor so its fuel rods could be removed. Infrared sensors aboard satellites would detect any such action. So far, close scrutiny has not revealed any recent shutdown...
...reportedly at a loss to describe the Administration's intentions in Somalia. But as far back as September, Aspin was seeing signs that Clinton's doubts about the foreign-policy team were beginning to focus upon him. During his regular meetings with the President, the Secretary had begun to detect a certain "crispness" in Clinton's manner. "Things just deteriorated," says an aide. "Each time was worse...
...Institute in Boston and one of the discoverers of the defective gene. This blueprint must be recopied each time the cell divides. "Some mistakes get made," Kolodner continues. "The ((protein made by the normal gene)) is like the spell-checker on a computer. It helps to scan for errors, detect them and fix them." When the spell-checking gene is damaged in some way, mistakes start piling up in other genes. Eventually some of the genes that keep cells from dividing uncontrollably are affected and cancer arises. It most often strikes the colon, but can also occur in the uterus...
...This can greatly burden work and social life. It feels like a case of `mononucleosis' that never ends (I have twice had `mono' and the similarities are striking). Hardly anyone else has ever been aware of my inner mental states, and even renowned professionals have not been able to detect my present condition without my own reports of symptoms. In one sense this indicates that I am fortunate that my illness is less debilitating than many people suffer, but also that it is possible to suffer badly without anyone else knowing...
Baines is illiterate but not ignorant. Watching Ada rapt at her piano, listening to the music with which she speaks, he can detect a passion in this woman that he too wants to play. He is not a fastidious wooer. He will smell her jacket, or investigate her stockings until he finds a tiny hole that reveals skin he can touch. Soon his mind is seized with Ada. After she leaves, Baines is haunted by the echo and odor of a tiny, sinewy woman who, because she seems to be pure will unadorned by coquetry, has sparked...