Word: lethally
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Scientists have found a type of bacterium that is virtually indestructible. It's called Deinococcus radiodurans ("terrible berry that survives radiation"). This bug can live in a blast of gamma rays that is the equivalent of thousands of lethal human doses--radiation so strong it cracks glass. Scientists have found "dead" radiodurans spores in Antarctica that have baked in UV light for 100 years. Yet when placed in a nutrient bath, the bug's DNA reassembles itself and proliferates. If radiodurans genes could be put into anthrax, they might produce an anthrax that's virtually impossible to kill. From...
...Seles confused Steffi. Suddenly, Steffi found herself overpowered for the first time. She couldn't keep up with the lethal combination of two-fisted groundstrokes and relentless pace. As the rivalry intensified, Seles gradually obtained the stranglehold. After wining the Australian Open in 1993 over Graf, it seemed that Steffi simply couldn't challenge...
...trouble making deals, because he had not sold the movie rights for MICHAEL CRICHTON'S new novel, Timeline, due out next month. Ovitz put such talk to rest last week when Paramount signed on for the film. It will be directed by a big name to boot: RICHARD DONNER (Lethal Weapons 1, 2, 3 and 4). Folks at Paramount weren't talking, but the film, which is said to be a Jurassic Park-esque tale of time travel and technological marvels, is slated for release in summer...
...House of Representatives passed a bill that would outlaw the use of federally controlled drugs in physician-assisted suicide. The bill, sponsored by Henry Hyde, is a pointed rebuke to Oregon voters, who passed the Death With Dignity Act in 1997, permitting doctors to prescribe (but not administer) lethal levels of painkillers to terminally ill, mentally competent patients who are within six months of dying. Under a law modeled on Hyde's bill, doctors convicted of aiding in a suicide could spend at least 20 years in jail...
...heart and soul of the offense is the lethal combination of Steve Moore (18 g, 13 a1) and Bala (5, 10). Together they form one of the most potent scoring tandems in the conference with Moore as playmaker and Bala as the sniper. Barring further injury, each of them ought to hit at least 40 points this year...