Word: formula
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...respiratory system and begins replicating, neuraminidase cuts the newly formed copies free to invade other cells. By blocking this enzyme, the new compound, dubbed GS 4104, prevents the infection from spreading. Other drug companies have tried targeting neuraminidase, but so far only Gilead has come up with a formula that can be taken in pill form...
...stop HIV that quickly. AZT wasn't powerful enough to do it. The pharmaceutical companies, however, had just started looking at a new class of substances, called protease inhibitors, that might fit the bill. As it turned out, it took several years of testing to come up with a formula for a protease inhibitor that was effective against...
...recommendation, Wisconsin revised the plan. Day-care co-payments will be calculated primarily according to income and number of children, not the cost of care. And a family's co-payment obligation will be capped at 16% of gross income. To help close the spending gap between this formula and the earlier one, Thompson will use an extra $25 million in federal money for 1997 that the state had earned from reductions in its welfare rolls during recent years. "We're leading the country. Nobody has tried to adopt a plan of our magnitude that both eliminates welfare and makes...
...buyers decent warranties and generally make the car-buying experience easier to stomach. These are not new ideas, but Huizenga plans to carry them out on a scale that would literally transform every aspect of car retailing. This is a glimpse of Wayne's Auto World, where the same formula that has revolutionized video and trash will be put to work on wheels...
...Mirror Has Two Faces" knows exactly what it is--a cheesy romantic comedy--and it follows this classic, comforting formula to the letter: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy is an idiot, boy loses girl, boy and girl get back together. Streisand, however, adds her own 90's twist--no sex. This little curveball does exactly nothing to divert the film from the romantic formula, but, aside from discouraging most of the male audience, it does accomplish one other significant feat: It makes the movie a whole hell of a lot funnier...