Word: orderers
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...geneticists is to learn the nature of that machinery and other genetic instructions buried in the lengthy, still undeciphered base sequences. To do so fully requires achievement of the project's most challenging goal: the "sequencing" of the entire human genome. In other words, the identification and listing in order of all the genome's 3 billion base pairs...
...exercise in frustration -- and worse. Many passengers arriving at understaffed counters were unable to get on any flight. Hundreds of vacationers missed connections with Florida cruises because flights south were canceled. Hundreds of thousands of airline customers were left holding some $250 million worth of prepaid Eastern tickets. In order to get refunds, those who paid in cash will have to queue up behind Eastern's secured creditors and wait as long as a year...
...Buckley's moans as he grows weaker, and finally delirious. On June 3, Buckley squats on the tile floor believing that he is sitting on a toilet seat, and food fantasies fill his head. "I'd like some poached eggs on toast, please," he mumbles. "I'd like an order of pancakes." That night Buckley starts making strange grunts and the others realize they are hearing the rattle of death, and a guard comes and drags Buckley's body away. Anderson's first letter to his family contains his last will and testament...
...progressive Jews. Upon returning from the Army at the end of World War II, his father Alfred became active as an organizer for the United Public Workers of America, a left-wing union representing federal employees. After President Truman, in an effort to satisfy political pressures, issued the loyalty order of 1947, the elder Bernstein's life was dominated by defending public workers summoned before the loyalty boards and accused of being Communists...
...woman ground swell, however, has exposed a growing skittishness among advertisers. While many are "tonnage" buyers, willing to place their commercials anywhere, others carefully select shows in order to avoid being associated with questionable material. With the proliferation of so-called trash TV, the number of troublesome programs has multiplied. Among them are such tabloid shows as A Current Affair, Inside Edition and The Reporters; sensational talk programs like The Morton Downey Jr. Show and Geraldo; and occasional over-the-edge network offerings like Geraldo Rivera's NBC special last fall on Satanism...