Word: oiled
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...stretches of DNA, scientists are finding human genes at the rate of more than one a day. In the past 12 months they have located the genes for Huntington's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, the so-called bubble-boy disease, the disease featured in the film Lorenzo's Oil, a major form of ataxia, and a common kind of colon cancer, among others. Scientists expect to zero in on the first breast-cancer gene any week...
...whose tax rates jumped from 31% to 36% or 39.6% in 1993 will be able to pay the increase in three annual installments and thus lessen the bite. The economists also said the burden of higher taxes on the economy would be far outweighed by the benefits of falling oil prices and low interest rates. "The tax increase is easily absorbable and is not going to derail the economy," said Meyer...
...isotopes of hydrogen that have extra neutrons in their nuclei. Even though they're rarer than ordinary hydrogen, scientists estimate that enough of these two isotopes could be extracted from the top 2 in. of water in Lake Erie to match the energy in all the world's oil reserves...
...most important thing we know is that fat content is what makes people fat, and his theory goes against the scientific grain." Others complain that he encourages too much alcohol consumption, which could cause liver damage. Montignac denies his diet is high in cholesterol and recommends cooking in olive oil and other unsaturated fats. Still, Dr. Stephen Heymsfield of the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City gives Montignac the benefit of the doubt: "His physiobiology -- the glycemic index -- is oversimplistic, but nonscientists always oversimplify. However, it seems his recommendations are not necessarily outside...
Clinton, who hopes to complete his consultations with Cabinet members before Christmas for the 1995 budget, is so desperate for money that one half expects to see him drilling for oil on the South Lawn. Panetta, playing the role of Dr. No, has already told the Cabinet that their initial requests were $20 billion over the congressional budget ceiling. To the dismay of some liberals, Clinton has declared the $281 billion Pentagon budget off limits. Moreover, the latest rules of the fiscal game require that new spending must be matched by offsetting cuts in existing programs. Somehow Clinton must find...