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...fortune -- Perot hates adverse comment. He remembers the tiniest unintended factual errors by reporters and delights in haranguing them, and anyone else in earshot, about them. One can imagine President Perot keeping the White House switchboard busy all night tracking down out-of-town editorial writers to complain about errant sentences...
Sophomore Nicole Desharnais stroked a single to center to score Meader. On third base, Fitta provoked an errant throw by catcher Kim Mikula, which went into left field, allowing Fitta to waltz home and giving the Crimson to a 2-0 lead...
Another futuristic therapy involves the manipulation of the errant protein itself. This molecule, which scientists have already reconstructed using the blueprint provided by the CF gene, could conceivably be goaded into working properly with the right medication. Alternatively, doctors could implant a healthy version of the CF gene in embryonic mice or goats, harvest the resulting protein from the adult animals' milk, and then spray the protein directly into patients' lungs. "Basically, we're talking about a four-legged manufacturing plant," said Dr. Robert Beall of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation...
President Lowell shipped the errant bell across the river to the B-School and contented himself with an incomplete set. Future attempts at tuning never succeeded...
...machines in the Olympic Village, and the official Chinese news agency announced that the accommodations here set new Olympic records for discomfort. The International Olympic Committee provoked mumbles with its sudden threat to introduce blood testing, which it just as quickly dropped. Even official brochures treated the athletes like errant children: "Moving from one Village to another is of course possible -- if not recommended -- provided official permission is granted...