Word: poisons
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...prospecting for new drugs in nature--which scientists continue to do, with or without the genome--there's no better place to start than the business end of a good poisonous plant or animal. Modern medicine is filled with drugs derived from deadly poisons, from the muscle relaxant curare (taken from South American vines that are used to poison arrow tips) to the anticoagulant Aggrastat (based on the venom of the saw-scaled viper...
...Conservatives hate it. McCain is working the issue on TV and behind the scenes; he says he already has the 60 votes he needs to get it out of the Senate. Bush allies will try to insert a so-called paycheck-protection provision into the bill, an anti-union poison pill that would strip it of needed Democratic support. But if they fail and it lands on Bush's desk, he must either sign it--detonating his right wing--or veto it, a disastrous way to introduce himself to Americans...
...Washington on Dec. 14, a President who suffered through his own disastrous early days in office was crossing the Atlantic on Air Force One, musing to reporters about the challenges facing his successor. Typically, Bill Clinton radiated hope and optimism. "Maybe the last few years have bled enough poison out of the system," he said. "I think Democrats will give him a honeymoon and the opportunity to get his feet on the ground." Of course they will. It's a hopeful season...
...puffed-up hair of the Reagan ladies was reflected in the hair of the metal bands such as Poison and Twisted Sister and new British Invaders such as Flock Of Seagulls and Duran Duran. (Of course, a revival by any of those bands would be an international disaster...
...America was waiting for a strong, commanding leader to ride out of this long televised civics lesson, they were disappointed. If they were instead hoping for a man made humble by limbo and wary by the poison of political warfare, they got one in George W. Bush...