Word: onsets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...With the onset of modern technology in Harvard libraries, there is "more of a need for reference librarians," says Houghton senior rare book cataloguer Hugh Amony. Librarians are trained to use specific techniques to probe for information which readers may not be aware of, Amory says...
...engineering process at HRE has coincided with the onset of a strategic planning effort by its top management...
...years of living that preceded the cancer, Price produced 13 books, beginning with the 1962 novel A Long and Happy Life, which was reviewed by Dorothy Parker in Esquire as "this lovely novel, meticulously observed, beautifully told" and has been continuously in print. In the 10 years since the onset of his illness, Price has written an additional 13 books -- novels, plays, memoirs, collections of stories, poems and essays. These works include his most acclaimed novel, Kate Vaiden, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the autobiography Clear Pictures and a trilogy of full-length plays, collectively titled...
...much higher risk of developing cancer than others, and at an earlier age. For them, heredity plays a major role. Over the past five months, competing teams at Johns Hopkins and Boston's Dana- Farber Cancer Institute have identified four new genes associated with a form of early onset colon cancer known to afflict particular families. These genes are carried by as many as 1 in every 200 Americans, making them the most common cause of cancer susceptibility yet discovered. In their normal form, these biological versions of computerized spelling checkers produce proteins that scoot along strands of replicating...
...developing a test for early detection of the disease. The protein, beta amyloid, destroys a brain cell's ability to regulate potassium, the chemical that triggers signals governing memory. Since the protein also affects other cells, scientists hope to develop a skin test to detect the onset of Alzheimer...