Word: rein
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strategy worked. The scientists took connective-tissue and kidney cells and introduced three mutated genes--one that makes cells divide rapidly; another that disables two substances meant to rein in excessive division; and a third that promotes the production of telomerase, which made the cells essentially immortal. They'd created a tumor in a test tube. "Some people believed that telomerase wasn't that important," says the Whitehead's William Hahn, the study's lead author. "This allows us to say with some certainty that...
...lines with paranormal elements, which makes sense, given that he claims to have once helped deliver a two-headed baby. Reilly had the show's heroine, Dr. Marlena Evans, undergo demonic possession followed by an an exorcism, all to impassioned audience response. In 1996 the network gave him free rein to begin creating something...
...unified rebellion from the population." Monday?s protests went ahead despite an order by Tehran?s National Security Council forbidding demonstrations without official permission. And as much as Khatami can see the danger of pursuing a direct confrontation with the security establishment, he may not be able to rein in a student body that is beginning to discover its collective power. And if the students opt for an early showdown with the hard-liners, Khatami could find himself among its victims...
...Feelings are running very high in Pakistan over what many perceive as a sell-out over Kashmir," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "But the U.S. won?t accept Nawaz's going back on his word, and he?ll lose authority as prime minister if he can?t rein in the military, so this is going to be the biggest test of his political career...
...town of Kiryat Shmona. Hezbollah said it had struck in retaliation for an attack by Israel?s proxy, the South Lebanon Army, which killed a Lebanese civilian. That sequence underlines the volatile situation in South Lebanon. But though bombing Beirut may be designed to put pressure on Lebanon to rein in Hezbollah, Israel knows the key to peace in the area is Syria. Still, if Barak needs a bad cop, Netanyahu?s only too happy to oblige...