Word: fluid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expected to attack the centrist Clinton, whom Harkin views as his main rival in the coming months. Neither of the other two candidates, Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder and former California Governor Jerry Brown, appears to be gaining much traction in what looks to be one of the most fluid primary-season openers in recent memory...
...moving, fluid thing, a series of forces at play. It's not necessarily individuals. Military-industrial interests are at stake. That puts into play certain forces. We have had many incidents recently, with Oliver North, with Richard Secord, the whole Iran-contra business. We've seen the scale on which arms are moved around the world. We've seen secret deals. There's more going on than ever meets the eye, and there's more going on than is ever written about in the newspapers...
...very small quantity of the AIDS virus can get into saliva. But it is < rapidly destroyed by the fluid's digestive enzymes. There has never been a documented case of HIV infection through saliva. So open-mouth kissing is considered a low-risk activity, but it is not absolutely safe...
...Mike struggled, he didn't throw the ball well," Harvard Coach Joe Restic said. "He'll tell you 'I'm fine, nothing is wrong,' but he wasn't fluid in the way he was throwing...
Surfactant production can also be stimulated by the delivery of glucocorticoid, a steroid, to pregnant women. The fetus secretes surfactant into the amniotic fluid, which can then be tested by doctors in amniocentesis to determine whether or not the newborn will have...