Word: harborers
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...Hannibal," Universal, with "The Mummy Returns," and Columbia, with "A Knight's Tale," have bought game-time spots (one each) and Paramount is running its "Tomb Raider" ads during the cheaper pre-game (annoying blather) and post-game (Survivor II) time slots. Noticeable event-movie absence: Disney's "Pearl Harbor...
...According to TIME congressional correspondent Douglas Waller, any new anti-Ashcroft developments are like pennies from heaven for congressional Democrats, most of whom harbor no illusions about actually defeating the nomination. They just want more time to broadcast their opposition, which they hope will compromise the reputation of Ashcroft's supporters. "Ashcroft's opponents [mostly liberal Democrats] are delighted by the delay," says Waller, "which has given grassroots activists more time to work," and spread the negative spin on the nominee...
...tropical oceans harbor more than 500 species of cone snails, predatory creatures that stab their prey with harpoons loaded with a paralytic poison. Long prized by shell collectors, they are being scrutinized by drug hunters for potential treatments for neurological and neuromuscular disorders...
...sociology. "It turns out we are so much smarter than we were in high school," I'd say. "Not only our vocabulary but also our reasoning skills have developed exponentially." With everyone I talked to, I seemed to strike some hidden nerve, revealing that not only do most people harbor a secret desire to retake the SATs but they also dislike being around...
...kill a fungus without harming its host? Researchers are pursuing a variety of novel approaches. One Florida-based outfit, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, is searching for antifungal compounds in a coral-encrusted black sponge found in the Indian Ocean. Merck is expected to get FDA approval this year for a novel class of antifungals derived from Spanish soil...