Word: steering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lifted the ban and ordered the FDA to begin safety testing. Developer Roussel Uclaf, meanwhile, sick of getting hammered by both sides, donated U.S. patent rights for mifepristone to the Population Council, a nonprofit reproductive-rights group founded 50 years ago by John D. Rockefeller. The council had to steer the drug through U.S. trials, file the applications for approval, weather the political storms and lawsuits that followed every step of the process. No wonder it took nearly eight years...
...Microsoft, or even go so far as to drop out of the case entirely. Although the states that are parties to the suit would likely continue to fight, such actions would greatly reduce the monetary resources and manpower available to the prosecution. The new administration must, therefore, continue to steer the wise course mapped by current Justice Department officials...
...also developed issues and demanded that the candidates explain their differences, especially on the topics of foreign policy and public education. Unfortunately, at the Bush campaign's urging, the next two presidential debates will assume different formats that are less structured and will offer fewer opportunities for Lehrer to steer the candidates back on course. We hope that the candidates will follow the better angels of their nature and discuss the issues without Lehrer's guidance as respectfully and earnestly as they did last night...
...repetition; if you type in a request for Tiger Woods, say, you'll get websites listed according to how many times those words appear. Not only is this no guarantee of quality, but it's also open to abuse. If you own a Tiger fan site and want to steer more people to it, simply type his name thousands of times in the site's source code...
...distance, a tiny war: NYT checks in with the Reform party with an up-to-the-minute "battle for the soul of" piece. The showdown will go down in Long Beach this weekend, and the gathering "promises some sharp skirmishes." Hope it's not another bum steer...