Word: selecter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...scientists to identify it after it struck at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976. Now, it turns out, the bacterium Legionella pneumophila is even tricker than anyone suspected. Researchers Marcus Horwitz and Samuel Silverstein of Manhattan's Rockefeller University have found that it belongs to a select group of bacteria that evade the body's immune system by turning it to their own advantage. Like the microbes that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, the bug is what scientists dub an intracellular pathogen. It invades white blood cells called monocytes, which normally kill bacteria, and uses material within...
...Beckwith, 51, a true, if little-publicized, hero of Special Forces missions in Viet Nam, insist that he returned crestfallen from the failure in the desert, angry at being ordered to end the effort and on the verge of resigning his commission. But last week he appeared at a select Pentagon press conference at which photos were banned to protect his potential future usefulness in covert operations. He brusquely denied all allegations that he had opposed the decision to abort...
Harvard will select an architect "within a month" and then solicit bids from contractors, Wyatt said...
...during the horrible afternoon--an afternoon in which glimpses of sun were as prevalent as Harvard runs (i.e., none)--the following truths revealed themselves to myself and the rest of the select...
Because of the extensive renovations needed to house the center's "minimum space needs"--which include a library, a kitchen, eating space, a large multipurpose room, a band room, a lounge, and ten offices--Almon said the University should select a location by the end of the school year...