Word: establish
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...decade ago, the only way to establish whether the microbe needed a gene was to knock each of the 485 out, one by one and then in combinations, and see if the bug survived. By 2002, however, advances in both genetic understanding and gene-handling technology had leaped forward. Instead of having to deconstruct Mycoplasma genitalium, Venter's team could build it from scratch. This meant that whereas once they had to reverse-engineer the organism and see when it quit working, they could take the more elegant approach of assembling it from off-the-shelf nucleotides and seeing when...
Although both Nikolic and Tadic strongly oppose Kosovo's independence, Tadic believes that Serbia should nevertheless strive toward EU membership. Nikolic, on the other hand, wants to freeze diplomatic relations with any country that recognizes Kosovo; he seeks to establish close ties with Russia as an alternative to Europe. During the campaign, he said that if he became President, he would invite Russia to build military bases along Serbia's border with Kosovo...
...third of the city's "creative workforce" was self-employed, meaning that in addition to homes many of them needed their own studios, workshops, even salesrooms. And real estate is so expensive that theater groups and dance troupes can't find rehearsal space, fledgling art dealers can't establish or keep their galleries and fashion designers can't find showrooms. Look, by contrast, at Berlin. Since the Wall came down in 1989, the German capital has become a magnet for young artists from all over the world, largely because of low rents...
...challenge for Obama and candidates like him is to establish a connection with traditional black constituencies while still maintaining a postracial profile. It's fitting that Obama often closes his stump speeches with an anecdote drawn from a campaign stop in South Carolina that reveals something about how he sees his identity...
...immigration, McCain is often dubbed a dove. Admirably, he pushed an immigration policy proposal last summer that would grant amnesty and establish a path to citizenship for millions of illegal aliens currently living in America, despite taking a great deal of heat from the Republican base. We applaud McCain on these counts. Nevertheless, McCain also voted for a bill that includes erecting a Mexican border wall—a proposal that is likely to be more costly than it is effective and one that we simply cannot support...