Search Details

Word: injects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Supporters hope the bill will lessen the impact of massive contributions on political decisions by restricting the amount of "soft money" that companies or organizations can inject into the system, either directly to a party or candidate or through television or radio ads promoting their agenda. The move away from giant, unregulated donations is critical, reform advocates insist, for politicians anxious to regain the trust of the electorate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Long Last, Campaign Finance Reform | 3/20/2002 | See Source »

...Jeffrey are the first volunteer test subjects for a new, implantable computer device called VeriChip. Later this spring, pending Food and Drug Administration approval, doctors will load a wide-bore needle with a microchip containing a few kilobytes of silicon memory and a tiny radio transmitter and inject it under the skin of their left arms, where it will serve as a medical identification device. It sounds like science fiction. (Remember the Borg on Star Trek? Resistance is futile!) But VeriChip is quite real. The Jacobs family could be the first in a new generation of computer-enhanced human beings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet The Chipsons | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...game here is not simply to inject embryonic stem cells into Parkinson?...

Author: By Sarah L. Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor Studies Stem Cells | 2/28/2002 | See Source »

...Olympics after years of judging lower-level events. They are regularly retrained and tested to keep them sharp on new developments in their field. But the very nature of the judging process in figure skating, which does not rely on clocks or tape measures, allows them to inject personal and national prejudices. Skaters are scored on two standards. Technique--things like the speed of their jumps and the intricacy of their footwork--is supposed to be the more objective of the two. Artistry is plainly in the eye of the beholder. There are no tape measures to judge originality, harmonious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sport on Thin Ice | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...approval--but only for removing frown lines, not for the full facial makeover. According to a source close to Allergan, if the company had applied for multiple places to use Botox, it would have been required to conduct more expensive clinical testing. Either way, doctors will still inject you all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smile--You're On Botox! | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

Previous | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | Next