Word: repairable
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...killing has moved things along even further. Shortly before jury selection, 75 blacks and whites met at the cemetery to cut down the wrought-iron fence that separated the two races even in death. "Give us the power and the strength through this rotten and broken fence to repair the fences in our own lives," prayed the Rev. Ron Foshage of St. Michael's Catholic Church...
Researchers aren't sure why chemotherapy boosts the effectiveness of radiation, though they have an idea. Radiation damages the DNA found in cancer cells. But all cells, including cancer cells, contain enzymes that repair broken DNA. Perhaps the drugs used in chemotherapy block the cellular repairmen from doing their job. The damaged DNA never gets fixed, and the cancer cells...
Lloyd would gladly leave the "savage" earthling at peace and return to his beloved Mars, but he must build an electron accelerator (which later on turns out to be a simple carburetor) to repair his damaged spacecraft. So the Martian, later dubbed "Uncle Martin," becomes O'Hara's roommate. Meanwhile, thinking that he has stumbled upon the story of the millennium, O'Hara schemes to film the Martian and broadcast on the evening news...
...plot moves forward as a sense of urgency is introduced: Martin must repair the spaceship soon or else the ship's Interstellar Safety System, designed to keep other races from acquiring the advanced Martian technology, will explode. Meanwhile, a government agency, SETI has been trying to find the Martian. Will Uncle Martin get off the planet before the greedy scientists get their hands...
...fooled by its apparent repair over the last couple weeks. The Cambridge Savings Bank clock as we know it has given up the ghost, never to return to the land of the ticking. Goddard explains that parts needed to fully restore the old clock are "no longer available," explaining why a brand new, "nearly identical" replacement now perches in its place...