Word: error
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...genes alone build particular items of anatomy or behavior by themselves. Most genes influence several aspects of anatomy and behavior--as they operate through complex interactions with other genes and their products, and with environmental factors both within and outside the developing organism. We fall into a deep error, not just a harmless oversimplification, when we speak of genes "for" particular parts or behaviors...
...sporting world's highest fatality rates: in its 18-year history, 46 participants have been killed. Yet the sport has never been more popular, with more than a thousand jumpers in the U.S. and more seeking to get into it every day. It is an activity without margin for error. If your chute malfunctions, don't bother reaching for a reserve--there isn't time. There are no second chances...
...hundreds of factories sit idle, and more than 70,000 roofs need repair. "The clock," says a European aid official, "is ticking faster than we can move." And with Pristina's air already carrying a hint of winter nip, it is clear there won't be much room for error. Between sessions with U.N. workers, Holbrooke planned to drop in for a visit at Tricky Dick's, a Pristina gin joint named for him. It may prove a dubious honor, especially if Holbrooke's diplomatic tricks cannot save this troubled province...
...doing at the scene. "Everyone involved knows they were there," he said, and well, Army ops are verboten on domestic soil. Hardly the sort of thing that should put antigovernment types? fears to rest. But then again, maybe all this ?- which Coulson says he started because "we were in error" about whether tear gas was used ?- is the FBI?s way of letting the truth out in small, non-incendiary batches...
...satisfying, if slightly chauvinistic tale, but experts in human evolution have known for years that it is dead wrong. The evolution of a successful animal species almost always involves trial and error, false starts and failed experiments. "Humans are no exception to this," says anthropologist Ian Tattersall of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, "no matter what we like to think...