Word: pest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other chemistry winner, Canadian Michael Smith, 61, of the University of British Columbia, discovered how to cause mutations at specific sites on a strand of DNA. The potential applications range from cures for genetic diseases -- in essence, repairing faulty DNA -- to crops engineered to be pest resistant...
...principles of an agreement that both sides want to sign as soon as possible. Without benefit of a formal treaty, the two countries cooperate on matters like sharing the waters of the Jordan River. At the last round of peace talks in June, their negotiators fell to discussing pest control in the neighboring towns of Eilat and Aqaba. Says Shimon Peres: "We were left without subjects except for mosquitoes and flies...
...company's Jersey City office. By Wednesday, only three days after the piece of metal had been found on the ramp, the FBI was in contact with Ryder officials in Jersey City, who had no difficulty remembering the van and its renter; he had been making a pest of himself...
China's former leader Mao Zedong once declared war against sparrows, believing they were a pest and a nuisance. In response, millions of Chinese took to the streets, banging on woks and pans to terrify the birds. The idea: force them to stay aloft until they dropped dead of exhaustion. They did just that. The campaign was halted after an infestation of caterpillars, now freed of their feathered predators, devoured the crops, enveloped the trees and rained down upon pedestrians. In that same grand tradition of meddling with nature, Alaska has declared an air war against hundreds of wolves...
...North residents said the extra first-years are a pest in the dininghall...