Word: overwhelmer
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Still, the Berkeley team was not satisfied with its hit-and-miss method of creating frost-inhibiting bacteria, and set about producing them by gene- splicing techniques. For meaningful experiments, enough of the bacteria had to be sprayed on test plants to overwhelm the natural variety. But the release into the environment of any genetically engineered microbes in those days required the nod of the National Institutes of Health recombinant-DNA committee,* which in 1983 approved the Berkeley scientists' proposal to conduct their test at a tiny potato patch near the city of Tulelake in Northern California...
...neat, perky reserve. Mastroianni's Pippo represents the opposite extreme, vulnerable dishevelment. She wins sympathy by asking no favors; he gains it by begging for it. These are lovely performances, observant, original and infinitely appealing. When we, and Fellini, are lucky, his taste for flash and trash does not overwhelm what he really has to say; instead, it makes a useful contrast to simpler truths, and makes us grateful for them, as we are in Ginger & Fred...
...firepower of Corcoran and Bishop, who combined for seven points, that helped the Pandas overwhelm Harvard in the first round of the Ivy Tournament...
...clean-as-a-whistle reputation. But the mayor's exuberant self-assurance, an essential part of his leadership style, has been undermined. The mayor is now apparently trying to revive his old take-charge image after weeks of untypical faltering. "You do not allow the problem to overwhelm you," Koch says. "You have to overwhelm the problem...
...claims that the court struck down the law because it was "the wimps way out" for Congress. This claim is bogus for two reasons. First, Congressmen really are "wimps"--to the extent that reelection pressures and special interests overwhelm any desire to bring down the budgetary axe. Any freshman in Gov 30 could prove this point. This lack of individual power to do good in Congress is the price we pay for our fragmented system. It's well worth the cost because it also prevents individuals from abusing authority. Second, Mr. Moses completely ignores the real reason for the ruling...