Word: point
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David Dressler, professor of Biochemistry, said yesterday that for 25 years, the structure proposed by Watson and Crick has served as a "focal point for the successful elucidation of numerous aspects of genetics." The MIT finding may lead to new explanations of some genetic principles, although the discovery's real biological significance must still be determined, he added...
...Punji sticks are bamboo shoots whittled at the end to a point, and dipped in cow shit, and stuck into the ground on a tight spring, and covered with a vine and leaves. When you trip the vine the stick impales you and infects the wound. They don't have it in boot camp." He twisted his smile, turned his head slowly back toward the windshield and started mumbling a song...
After shooting 63 per cent from the floor in the first half of its last game against Texas, Harvard hit a dismal 35 per cent of its shots in the first half yesterday, the primary reason for the 12-point halftime deficit...
From that point, the score never really got close again, as the aquawomen won four of the next five events. Terri Frick won the 200 free in 2:09.91, and Janie Smith followed with one of her four wins, taking the 100 back in 1:05.83. Smith also won the 50 and 100 freestyle races, and was a member of the victorious 400 yard free relay team...
Unfortunately, Russell Long cannot see beyond regressive taxation as a means to solve America's economic problems. The Louisiana Senator makes no attempt to hide his disdain for equitable taxes. Asked what he thought of the American income tax system, Long replied: "I think it is progressive to the point of being counter-productive." He prefers emulation Louis XIV by extracting onerous "taillies" from lower and middle income people. The VAT's hidden character may seem appealing to politicians, but its regressive nature will certainly prove costly to most Americans...