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...want to get a point across, you just have to do things to disrupt business as usual," said Bell, who is one of two Blacks currently holding lifetime posts at the school. "It's very important to keep reminding those who have policymaking power," he said...
...Scientists have had trouble getting such implanted genes to "turn on" in their new environment, and they worry about unforeseen consequences if the gene is inserted in the wrong place in a chromosome. Should the gene be slipped into the middle of another vital gene, for example, it might disrupt the functioning of that gene, with disastrous consequences. Also, says M.I.T. biologist Richard Mulligan, there are limitations to the viral insertion of genes. "Most genes," he explains, "are too big to fit into a retrovirus...
...more than a week, nervous commuters grumbled that obnoxious strikers might disrupt their travel plans by spreading a secondary boycott to other airlines and railroads...
...strike deadline, the mediators called on President Bush to establish an emergency board to examine the dispute, a move that would ! have delayed the strike an additional 60 days. The mediators pointed out the potential widespread impact of the strike, since the AFL-CIO has threatened to disrupt rail, bus and airline transportation across the U.S. in support of the I.A.M...
Secondary boycotts, particularly in the NewYork metropolitan area, could disrupt commutes forhundreds of thousands of people...