Word: mimic
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When the crises come, it will help that not all Bush's aides mimic his work habits. "I wish I had his hours," jokes a senior Administration official. Card routinely works until Bush goes to sleep. Card's deputy, campaign veteran Josh Bolten, often leaves the White House after midnight. And top adviser Karl Rove rarely takes a break from plotting strategy...
...Columbine, and now Santee. As long as sad little boys can find guns, schools must be vigilant. But at what price? Today it seems as though an arms race has begun in American high schools: as a tiny number of disaffected kids stockpiles guns and home-made bombs to mimic Columbine's Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold (or at least threaten to), communities are investing millions of dollars to bring armed cops--er, "resource officers"--to campus, along with metal detectors and security cameras...
...Test subjects were divided into groups, one of which received transplanted cells from aborted fetuses via holes drilled into the patients' skulls. The other patients had mere indentations drilled into their skulls, to mimic the real procedure. This experiment represents one of the fastest-growing and most controversial areas of clinical research: The use of stem cells has prompted widespread, fierce debate, pitting research proponents against some medical ethicists and pro-life groups...
Global-positioning technology for pedestrians--as opposed to automobiles--is still in its infancy. But there are at least half a dozen pocket-size devices on the market designed to mimic the in-car experience. I've been fooling around with two: the eTrex Legend ($249, from Garmin), which fits in your pocket; and the Geode ($290, from Geodiscovery), which plugs into a Handspring Visor...
...small study, and it has yet to be reproduced. But the Neurology report underscores an important point about celiac disease: its symptoms can be unpredictable and may mimic those of other disorders...