Word: haltingly
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...stromal tumors - for which there had been no effective treatments. In a matter of months, patients who were out of options had their lives back, and while their cancer was not cured, it was under control, at least for a while. Other new drugs, including Tarceva and Iressa, also halt tumor growth by messing with tyrosine kinase. The key to developing such drugs, says Glaspy, is "torturing cancer cells, and getting them to confess to us which pathways they are dependent...
...funds and technical assistance. And the Louisiana Recovery Authority stresses the need to involve and support religious leaders and their organizations. But the city's faith-based organizations are now sagging. Unless Kramer's church gets $125,000 soon, its beg-and-borrow construction projects will grind to a halt. Scruggs too says that keeping the grass-roots rebuilding efforts going will require affirmative answers to fervent prayers for more money and volunteers. Catholic Charities and Habitat are short-staffed and stretched thin...
Weissbourd also thwarted the Chargers’ attempts to halt the Crimson in its tracks, slamming two more blocks during that run. With Nelson serving, Harvard managed to pull far ahead, building a lead of six points after being down by five. Hammering out a total of 10 kills on 11 swings overall—with just a single error—Nelson was “on fire,” Fitz said...
After all, if once you try and your long-winded diatribe spins out of control and crashes embarrassingly to a halt, then try, try again. It’s the Harvard thing...
...idea I was coming, and who could hardly be expected to see me at such short notice - with the weekend looming - but that was all the time I had, and did he have any suggestions? Danielo shrugged, made a slow U-turn and juddered to a halt at the side of a large pink building. "Presidential Palace," he yawned, hopping out, loping up to the low fence and hailing a man strolling on the other side. That turned out to be the head of the Sao Tome and Principe army. He smiled broadly when I explained my situation, gently chided...