Word: methodic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When tissue is transplanted, "the standard method is to treat the recipient to suppress the T-cell response," according to Faustman. She says that drugs called immuno-suppressive agents are often used for this purpose...
Knowles was also able to develop a unique method to enable him to examine the three-dimensional or stereochemical changes in molecular structures that takes place during an enzyme reaction...
These visas will be distributed by an unusual method: the winners will be the first 40,000 qualifying people whose applications are received after midnight on Oct. 14 at a post-office box in Arlington, Va. Immigrants and their lawyers are converging on Arlington to dump thousands of applications directly at the post office. About 40% of the slots are reserved for people from Ireland, which reflects not only the clout of Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy but also recognition of the problem posed by the presence of as many as 100,000 illegal Irish immigrants...
Kaplan, a professor at Loyola University in Chicago, writes with the pedantic style and method one might expect from a creative writing teacher. A hefty portion of the story, like filler in dog food, merely occupies space and adds mass but is unable to offer nutrition or satisfaction. The plot is contrived and stilted, irritating the audience rather than entrancing it. The book engenders the horrible realization that literature's tap of Great Fiction...
...freed slaves and budding Klansmen of the Reconstruction South. Pushing a complex reality under the Old Sod solves the problem of having to create substantial roles for black characters. When hired to write the book, Ripley insisted on a contemporary treatment of race, specifically the avoidance of dialect. Her method is to retain speech patterns while providing elocution lessons...