Word: slight
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Typically, gene therapists use viruses to deliver replacement genes into a patient's body. In a slight variation on that strategy, Fischer and his colleagues removed some of the children's bone marrow, sorted out the cells they needed and infected them with the gene-bearing virus. Then the researchers injected the treated cells back into their young patients. Within two weeks, the children started showing signs of a healthy immune system...
Still, Redmond says association with the final clubs--however slight--could prove damaging to the Seneca's credibility as a women's group...
...legacies. “Since the admissions became competitive in the mid- 20th century, there has been a tip for Harvard-Radcliffe sons or daughters.” Lewis uses “tip” (as in “of the scale”) to describe the slight bias toward legacies; ceteris paribus, the committee will tend to accept the legacy over the non-legacy. An interesting side-note: the long-standing “tip” has only applied to women since 1975, as Radcliffe did not observe the practice before the admissions offices merged...
...they were as qualified as their older siblings. Joanna Hootnick ’02 and Dan Koski-Karell ’03 assert that siblings shouldn’t have any significant advantage, but they appreciate the school’s tendency toward bringing family members together. If the slight “tip” boosted the scales in their favor, they are not complaining...