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Word: speeds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...such obviously genetic diseases as cystic fibrosis and could eventually develop new drugs to treat or even prevent them. The same would be true for more common disorders like heart disease and cancer, which at the very least have large genetic components. Better knowledge of the genome could speed development of gene therapy -- the actual alteration of instructions in the human genome to eliminate genetic defects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Gene Hunt | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...smoke. There is a fire down below in the ship as well; red-hot iron bars have been inserted into the huge block of wood that supports the wobbling foremast in the hope that the constriction of cooling metal will stabilize the structure, allowing for more sails and greater speed. A sluggish progress suddenly becomes a race against time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Long Haul | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...coach's offensive philosophy is dictated byhis performers," Nahigian said. "We have a mixtureof some power with good speed...

Author: By Christine Dimino, | Title: The Crack of the Bat Is Finally Here | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

Although Lowell's production seemed to lose a bit of its momentum in the third act, it picked up speed as the characters headed into the famous fourth-act "Garden" scene. Throughout, there were some truly hilarious bits by Tim Alexander, as the oh-so-proper Basilio (also doubling as Don Curzio) and Paul Lincoln, who plays the bumbling drunk Antonio. And, rounding out the cast, Karen Thompson was quite charming as Barbarina, while Laura Schall Gouillard and Al Cameron gave competent performances as Marcellina and Bartolo, Figaro's long lost parents...

Author: By Lea A. Saslav, | Title: Marriage at Lowell House | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

...lacking in the speed area," Croteau says. "Because of this, I have to think more and look for more openings...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Now Batting and Playing First Base... | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

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