Word: neighborly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...called lefthanded or "Z" DNA, which twists bafflingly in the direction opposite that of a normal molecule; Rich indicated that this seeming oddity may play a significant role in switching genes off or on, thereby allowing a cell to develop into one that is different from its neighbor. Biologist Mark Ptashne of Harvard discussed the activity of small proteins that somehow attach themselves to the coils of DNA and control how the molecule replicates. Nobel Laureates David Baltimore of M.I.T. and Howard Temin of the University of Wisconsin reported on the use of viruses, which are little more than coils...
There have, unfortunately, been some charges of sexism in the campaign. Perhaps modeling his northern neighbor Gov. "Big Jim" Thompson of Illinois, Bunning mounted a platform with rolled-up shirt sleeves to state that the governor has to "butt heads" to attract industry to Kentucky. Negotiations over a debate between the two major candidates also involved the size of the podium for the candidates (Bunning...
...Japan have represented its interests; indeed, it is gratified by the reaffirmation of its close, cooperative relationships with its key partners in economic and security affairs. Yet there is no substitute for representing one's position directly, and there is little security in having a superpower neighbor, whether overtly hostile or not, with whom one cannot even talk...
...Cuban aid Williams writes about in directed toward Namibia's northern neighbor, Angola. What Williams should have written is that Zimbabwe does not believe that the United States should insist that the withdrawal of the 20,000 Cuban troops that currently reside in Angola can be a condition of any plan for Namibian independence. Expected by President Reagan, this policy is an example of what Mugabe calls "the United States's tendency to view African political struggles strictly in East-West terms...
Violent crime is relatively rare in bucolic, lightly populated Vermont. So when an assailant killed Chiropractor Peter Sophos with a rifle blast to the face last year in Barre, its 9,800 citizens were shocked. Sophos' 18-year-old neighbor, Gordon Hunt, was arrested for the murder the same day. Police said that Hunt told them, "I always wanted to shoot someone...