Word: figuredness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The federally funded U.S. project, led by the National Institutes of Health, has mounted a campaign to patent each DNA fragment that its researchers can reproduce, even before its usefulness is determined. The policy has been heavily criticized within scientific circles and figured in the abrupt resignation last spring of...
Gordon Roddick seems the perfect foil for Anita. With his Scottish burr and occasional stutter, he is steady where she is erratic and quiet where she is brash. London analysts believe he is the financial wizard behind Anita's success. But he is best known in Body Shop lore for...
Clinton's slowness in developing an economic plan has led to a confused political strategy. Because Clinton's team is still unsure what policy to pursue, the President-elect has sent out mixed signals to the public. In late November, Clinton played down reports of a resurgent economy on the...
Perhaps Natasha Richardson, the gifted British actress who stars in David Leveaux's sturdy Broadway revival, figured that the play might not be terrible if Anna weren't quite so Swedish. She jettisons the immigrant inflections for a flat Minnesota accent. More helpfully, she makes Anna a fighter, battered on...
Aidid also figured prominently in last week's diplomatic developments. His supporters were widely believed to have organized a stone-throwing demonstration against the visit of United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to Mogadishu. The warlord was equally obstreperous at the start of a U.N.-sponsored meeting involving no...