Word: raying
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Ray Crystallography: Determining the three-dimensional structure of a molecule, such as a protein target, by measuring how a crystal of the protein scatters x-rays. Source: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Annual Report Crimson Interviews...
...make it in time for my 7:30 a.m. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). Most people probably don't know exactly what MRI is, and that's good, for such ignorance indicates good health. To explain the MRI, though: it is an ultra-sensitive x-ray used to check for brain and nervous system disorders, musculoskeletal problems and cancer. I had the opportunity to encounter the MRI because of an ongoing problem with my arms that seems to be connected to the nervous system. But enough background...
What is a devil ray? We at Dartboard aren't quite sure, but the name reminds us of a New Jersey hockey player submerged somewhere in the New England Aquarium. They may be lovely fish, if they exist, but do we need to hear about them every night for six months on Sportscenter...
...Donald Wilson, who left the FBI in 1987, says he didn't trust the investigators in the case. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the slips have what may be Jack Ruby's phone number on them, as well as a reference to "Raul," who Ray claims was part of the conspiracy...
...TIME contributor Jack E. White says this latest evidencedoesn't ring true. "My guess is that this won't hold up," he says. "Why is this FBI agent coming forward now, after 30 years? Ray has never named Ruby as part of this, and there's no proof yet that Raul ever existed." There are plenty of reasons, White says, to believe that Ray did not act alone. But these slips of paper may not be among them...