Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great relief that we have done this much," said Toth, a member of the Association for Better Computer Discounts (ABCD) committee. "It's something that should occur at least once every year...
Cancer-causing mutations can occur quite by accident. But chronic exposure to carcinogens -- chemicals whose by-products bind to DNA and damage it -- greatly accelerate the rate at which dividing cells make errors. Proven carcinogens include asbestos, benzene and some ingredients of cigarette smoke. Many carcinogens, it turns out, are not blunderbusses but leave highly individualized fingerprints in the DNA they touch. At the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Curtis Harris, a molecular epidemiologist, has been examining cells from liver- and lung-cancer patients, searching for mutations in a tumor-suppressor gene known as p53 (p stands for the protein...
...murder has become the No. 1 cause of death for women in the workplace; for men it is the third, after machine-related mishaps and driving accidents. And while most workplace murders occur during stickups in taxis or convenience stores, the picture of on-the-job mayhem in recent months has included a dainty Connecticut flower nursery, the homey pizza parlor of a Denver suburb and just, last Wednesday the high-tech interior of a Japanese company in North Carolina's lake-dotted Research Triangle Park...
Only one exception can be made to the logic listed above. If students are so poorly informed about the Council's activities that the result of a referendum is truly contrary to their own interests, an overturning could be in order. However, such a scenario could only occur when the Undergraduate Council has shirked its responsibility to tell its constituents about its activities. This year, the Council began publication of the Courier, its newsletter. Unfortunately, distribution has been sporadic and unreliable. In any case, 66 of 88 Council members should not be able to veto the opinions...
...characters speak English with a wide variety of accents. There is never a consensus as to the correct pronunciation of Spanish names and places, which are included (along with a handful of Hispanic actors) as one of the few reminders that "The House of the Spirits" is supposed to occur in Latin America...