Word: particularity
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...Capitalizing on such dominance, Moscow promoters are grabbing for a piece of the business that has long been the exclusive estate of American promoters in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. And they are doing so in their own particular manner...
Lending her experienced perspective, Rooney noted the changes she sees taking place in women’s sports but golf in particular. “There are more and more girls who are taking up the sport,” she said. “[So] the younger ones coming in tend to be better than the older ones already here...
...herbs, research in herbal therapy is difficult because you're dealing with a mixture of compounds," says Tripathy, who is now a clinical professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. During the research phase, Tripathy says, scientists often attempt to isolate one particular molecule or compound from the herbal extract - and the anticancer activity is lost. "There are herbal extracts in which the anticancer activity is actually due to the synergy between many of the compounds contained in that extract," he says...
...Harvard campus, the nonprofit organization is independent legally and financially from the University. It operates visiting scholars programs and supports the Harvard-Yenching Library. Perry, who was born in China and grew up in Japan, specializes in modern and contemporary Asian history and politics, with a particular interest in grassroots governance and social protest, according to the institute’s Web site. “The Institute’s future could not be in better hands, Liz [Perry] is a distinguished scholar, outstanding teacher, and a leader of great intellect, vision and principle, with broad interests in both...
Over the past several years Uribe and the Supreme Court have clashed repeatedly. The court, and in particular Velazquez, has spearheaded investigations into a widening scandal linking paramilitary leaders with dozens of politicians, most of whom are Uribe supporters. On Oct 4 the court announced it was investigating Uribe's cousin Sen. Mario Uribe in connection with the scandal. "Against all odds, Colombia's Supreme Court has been making unprecedented progress in investigating links between paramilitaries and politicians close to the President," said Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at the Washington-based Human Rights Watch. "President Uribe's phone calls...