Word: missioneering
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...inhibitors, start early, working to block HIV's attempt to bind and infect healthy cells to begin with. Next come the two oldest classes of drugs, which prevent the virus from transforming its genetic material from RNA to DNA. And finally, jumping to the very end of HIV's mission, the protease inhibitor drugs keep the virus from making its final protein coat, which it needs to re-emerge from the infected cell in order to start infecting additional cells...
...with overwhelming force is tremendously exciting. Kraska says that "these elite units are highly culturally appealing to certain sections of the police community. They like it, they enjoy it […] The chance to strap on a vest, grab a semi-automatic weapon and go out on a mission is […] an exciting reason to join." Emphasizing this glamorous appeal, the LAPD’s recruiting video presents a day in the life of a cop: Catching robbers, rescuing hostages, and taking on gun-toting kidnappers with air support and a SWAT team. Do we really want...
...says. "I am continually telling my people, 'This is the line. You can't cross this line. It doesn't do us any good.' "While unwilling to comment on specific cases, which he says are under police investigation, he suspects some soldiers may have misunderstood their mission. "I have no doubt that some guys have crossed the line thinking that's the right thing to do," he says, adding that any wrongdoing will be punished...
...suggest that discrimination based on popularity, pedigree, or looks could ever be completely stamped out at college social organizations. Many such organizations across the country, including some at Harvard, pick their members in part based on such criteria. But the vast majority of such organizations stay true to their mission and purpose—to bring students from multifarious socioeconomic backgrounds, possessing diverse life experiences and values, into close and meaningful friendships that would otherwise never have formed. A blinding and overriding emphasis on superficial appearances—whether this emphasis comes from national organizations as in the case...
...goal of the “Nights” was to attract the student population to the massive archive of art on campus, then Spies-Gans considers the event a mission accomplished...