Word: exploitatively
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...Ghosn is a globalist--Lebanese heritage, French education, Brazilian passport--who earned his spurs as an aggressive turnaround artist at Michelin, the tire company, and then Renault. To bring Nissan to heel, the 46-year-old used psychological leverage that nobody had ever bothered to exploit in Japan. "People within the company were convinced that Nissan was sick and could die," he says. "They knew it had to change, and they were willing to help...
...sequencing of the genomes of disease-causing organisms. Among the latest conquests are the bacteria responsible for causing syphilis and leprosy. The genome of the parasite that causes malaria is also beginning to yield its secrets, including the exact genetic mutations that confer chloroquine resistance. Scientists are beginning to exploit what they know about the parasite's life cycle after it invades the red blood cells of the human body. Daniel Goldberg, a malaria researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Md., is trying to figure out how to block the parasite's digestion of hemoglobin...
...live a private life as well as a public life, and I don't exploit one for the other...
...Often, that is what he plays; Hollywood has been slow to exploit Del Toro's sultry good looks. His one leading-man role was in the instantly forgettable - what was it called? oh, yes - "Excess Baggage," which cooled off Alicia Silverstone's career in no time flat. Mostly he has ornamented indie films ("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," "The Funeral," "Way of the Gun") with his loping unpredictability; he built a solidly quirky rep, like Nicolas Cage before he went dolefully mainstream...
...founded as a partnership between Venter and Haseltine to exploit the research coming out of TIGR, but the two parted ways in 1997. The company today holds U.S. patents on 159 genes and has four genomic compounds in clinical trials. These include a drug that curbs the toxic effects of chemotherapy and a drug that promotes wound healing...