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...break the country in half. In Poland economic backsliding has aggravated, and been aggravated by, a democracy run riot. Parliament is splintered into 29 political groupings, and a succession of revolving-door governments -- three Prime Ministers in less than a year -- have been unable to get any firm grip on the floundering economy...
...starts manufacturing patches of biological Velcro, it is essentially "glued in place. It becomes incapable of metastasizing," says Erkki Ruoslahti, president of the foundation. A second approach to controlling cancer is known as "walking on ice." Here the goal is to deny tumor cells traction so they can't grip the walls of blood vessels to implant elsewhere in the body. This may be accomplished by using drugs to block certain CAMs on malignant cells...
...matrix" designed to promote wound healing. Normally, a wound site looks like the Grand Canyon to arriving rescue cells. But this biodegradable gel, produced by Telios Pharmaceuticals, is peppered with synthesized CAM molecules so that cells arriving at a wound site will have plenty of places to get a grip. With the new gel filling in the gap, repairing wounds, including severe burns or skin ulcers, takes 30% less time and leaves less of a scar, claims company scientific director Michael Pierschbacher...
...that can be thought can be written," says Rhodes, quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson. Fair enough, but writing explicitly about sex requires a more delicate touch. It takes only a few pages to realize he is in the grip of graphomania. Flesh must become word. His style swings from confessional to clinical, from pop psych to steamy paperback prose: "Her body fired explosively, every muscle contracting, and her back arched grand mal off the bed from the abutments of her feet and her shoulders." A passage comparing his own orgasm to a thermonuclear explosion may start a chain reaction of giggles...
Most Saddam watchers believe that he does not want to risk a suicidal death grip with Bush. Saddam's leadership since Desert Storm has been a case study in guile, ruthlessness and careful timing. The clash over the Agriculture Ministry is the fifth time the allies have had to cock their guns to ensure compliance with U.N. sanctions; each time in the past Saddam backed down. "He is trying to nickel-and-dime us until he can erode the sanctions and regain his sovereignty," says Phebe Marr of the National Defense University in Washington...