Word: indirectness
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...that Cavalli-Sforza's mammoth study is finally complete, it's time to start a fresh survey. Reason: new analytical techniques that in recent years have revolutionized the field of genetics. Instead of using indirect markers like blood groups, researchers can now determine the exact chemical sequences of long strands of DNA itself. Cavalli-Sforza and his colleagues believe this technology can be used to resolve questions they were ill-equipped to answer, such as the origins of the Negrito tribes in the Indian Ocean, Malayan peninsula and the Philippines. Anthropologists suspect that they are descendants of a wandering people...
...trickery," says Navarro. "He told us in effect, 'I have no problem with the trip, but what if the Muslims attempted an assassination and blamed us?' " John Paul sent a personal envoy to Karadzic to get him to repeat the same thing to his face. He did. That indirect but personal threat -- together with the dangers facing the citizens of Sarajevo who would gather for a papal Mass -- scuttled the trip. "We thought of publishing the real reason why the trip could not take place," said Navarro. "But in the end we just said, 'We cannot...
...agenda for next year are research funding levels, student aid, and issues of indirect costs, which is research money granted to pay for so-called hidden costs of research, like light bulbs and building maintenance...
...selection and appointment of tenured faculty is the single most important thing that a president does," Carnesale said. "But most of the connections to students are indirect rather than personal or direct...
Faculty say the best Radcliffe can hope for from the report is an indirect result...