Word: role
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Although the tests on animals revealed no toxic effects, scientists point to possible complications involving the immune system. In a healthy individual, natural CD4 plays a regular role in fighting disease. It is unclear whether a flood of synthetic CD4 will interfere with that process. Another concern was raised by AIDS Researcher William Haseltine, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, at the Fourth International Conference on AIDS in Stockholm last June. Haseltine suggested that an influx of CD4 could itself trigger an immune response in as many as 10% of those receiving the drug, causing them to develop antibodies against...
...that its best interests lay in reaching a Namibia settlement while the Reagan Administration was still in office. At the same time, the Soviets started throwing their weight behind the peace process. Crocker has held half a dozen meetings with his Soviet counterparts since March to discuss the superpowers' role in the conflict and to ask Moscow to urge both the Angolans and the South Africans to be flexible...
...President to run, for a third term, instead of Bush. But the very orchestration of the New Orleans convention, with Reagan leading off and the Vice President batting cleanup, emphasizes the philosophic legacy that Bush will formally accept Thursday night. The Republican nominee is inescapably cast in the role of the grateful inheritor. But what precisely is Reagan's bequest...
...rival network executives may be just as happy not to have to expose fragile newcomers until later and viewers may not mind what looks to be a glut of reruns. The Olympics will enable NBC to showcase commercials for its roster of upcoming series. ABC has assigned that promotional role, among others, to the first 18 hours of War and Remembrance, a $105 million adaptation of Herman Wouk's World War II novel. Originally scheduled for February, it was already in production before the strike began and in the absence of other strong programs was moved...
Some of those who subscribe to this image emphasize the dozens of places in the Gospels where Jesus refers to the forthcoming kingdom of God or kingdom of heaven, in which righteousness and peace would prevail. In some instances he directly relates the role of king to himself, in the most famous passage telling Pilate at his trial that "my kingship is not of this world...