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Word: smartly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Logically speaking, if these two guys profess a view of something's being big in the future, it might be smart to pay attention. They do. That something is a newfangled, high-power, high-mileage, nonpolluting automobile engine that their company, Rosen Motors, plans to build and sell to automakers. "We see Rosen Motors as the capstone of our careers, the crowning achievement," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT'S DRIVING THE ROSEN BOYS? | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

...think it will mean that we have sent to the statehouse a smart and gifted representative, who will work hard to improve the quality of life for citizens in Cambridge and the Commonwealth," Reeves said...

Author: By David L. Greene and Flora Tartakovsky, S | Title: Wolf Wins State Rep. Primary | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...gene therapy, most of the current "smart bombs," as in the case of Ashanthi DeSilva, are viruses, which by their nature invade cells and deposit their genetic material into the cell nucleus. Researchers have learned how to strip the viruses of their reproductive genes, insert into the viral DNA the beneficial gene they want to deliver, and then let the virus infect a patient's cells. The virus inserts its own now harmless genes, as well as the beneficial one, into the cellular DNA. If all goes well and the gene "expresses" itself, the cell begins producing the needed protein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KEYS TO THE KINGDOM | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...prospective parents are sure to want them. PGD is already in demand for sex selection, though doctors refuse to use it unless there is a clear medical reason. For now the technique is being employed to bring healthy children into the world. Whether those children prove to be smart or good looking will still have to depend, at least for the present, on the roll of the genetic dice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW TO COAX NEW LIFE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...them. Near the end, a frustrated Dole struck at the media for being too liberal and at voters in general for failing to "wake up" to Clinton's shortcomings. As desperation reigned, Dole's down-ticket Republican colleagues fled their leader, which is likely to be recorded as a smart move indeed. The G.O.P.'s ability to retain control of the Congress resulted at least in part from arguing that the President's second-term plans should be checked by a Republican legislature--just as the President gained greatly from avowing that he was needed to check them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW HE GOT THERE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

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