Word: marker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last Friday afternoon, President Clinton talked in the Oval Office with TIME White House correspondents Margaret Carlson, James Carney and Michael Duffy. On Clinton's desk was a hardcover book, The Culture of Disbelief by Stephen L. Carter, with the jacket flap folded in as a place marker. He appeared relaxed and spoke softly...
...grader. The true master of the Generality is the person who can write as 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to that person, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The Generality banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into the essay...
...grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into his essay...
...developed the disease. By comparing the DNA of the 40-odd family members who had tumors with the DNA of those who did not, the researchers hoped to detect a particular stretch of genes that could be linked to the disease. Such a unique pattern, called a genetic marker, would be a major step toward identifying the specific culprit gene. After discarding 344 potential markers, the scientists finally found one that fit the bill...
Just as important, the marker may lead to better screening tests. Early detection makes all the difference to colon-cancer patients. About 90% of people whose tumors are found early are still alive five years after their diagnosis. That figure plummets to less than 10% once the cancer has spread beyond the intestines. However, according to a recent study, the most widely used screening test, which detects blood in stool samples, misses more than 70% of all tumors...