Word: limbs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...news stunned developmental biologists around the world. For until now, no one suspected that the eyeless gene was so powerful, capable of taking precedence over other genes, like those responsible for elaborating wings and legs. That an eye might partly form on a limb made sense, but not so perfect an eye, complete with all its light receptors. Marvels William McGinnis, a Yale University biologist: "All you have to do, it seems, is switch on the eyeless gene, and you get these beautiful eyes...
...want to go out on a limb and be overly enthusiastic, but this is the most depth I've seen since I've been here," Berhard said. "The freshman are unreal, and we have a ton of returning players...
However, I'm going to go out on a limb and not follow that wisdom. I'm gonna say that even though Harvard has That Streak, if you look at each of the losses separately, none of them are that abysmal...
...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't believe in going out on a limb when they don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...
Russian President Boris Yeltsin, meanwhile, is still dodging political volleys from domestic opponents of the intervention. One notable exception: ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who today said: "If you have gangrene, you have to amputate the limb."Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...