Word: pedals
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...their normal form, both types of genes work together, enabling the body to replace dead cells and repair damaged ones. But mutations in these genes--whether inherited or acquired through environmental insult--very quickly cause a cell to careen out of control, like a car with a stuck accelerator pedal and no brakes...
Kemp can also be a variable asset on the stump, contagiously enthusiastic as a speaker but also long-winded and unreliable. Dole campaign officials are already wondering if he can be counted on to soft-pedal his differences with the candidate on immigration and affirmative action. And by his very incandescence and ambition, his untiring knack for putting himself out front, there's the danger that he will effectively turn the Dole-Kemp ticket into Kemp-Dole...
...demonstrates her expertise. "If you stop at this light, when it turns green you can hit the pedal as hard as you can and as soon as you get to the next light, it will turn green. The lights are just timed perfectly...of course, I would never do that...
...event: Commerce Secretary Ron Brown this afternoon said he'd never heard of the proposal and White House aides toldTIME Washington correspondent Suneel Ratanthey disavowed the speech. Reich's spinners later said the "corporate welfare" idea was "not a proposal." President Clinton, at a news conference, tried to soft-pedal the potential Cabinet flap. Though he claimed ignorance, he said "conceptually" the Reich initiative might be "attractive." Yet, Ratan says, Reich has been pushing such proposals in White House circles for a year and a half without success. But now, amid White House post-election paralysis, he says, the Labor...
...show got off to a slow start as Garcia seemed to be having trouble getting comfortable. Throughout both "Feel Like a Stranger" and "They Love Each Other," he would start off on a solo only to stop, adjust a knob, step on a pedal, etc. Not until the third song, "Minglewood Blues," did the band settle down and start to rock. People often forget that, among other things, the Greatful Dead are a great rock 'n' roll band. "Minglewood" was followed by "So Many Roads," a slow ballad that ended with some rousing and soulful singing by Garcia. After switching...