Word: stepping
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...long Providence goal kick deflected off of a Harvard defender and into the possession of a Providence midfielder who sent a lead pass to Jones. Meagher and Jones raced after the ball, but the Crimson goaltender was a step too slow as Jones beat him to the ball and sent a roller into a wide open net for the victory. Jones was mobbed by teammates as the Crimson slumped over in a stunned silence...
Yesterday Indonesian President B.J. Habibie said he would allow United Nations peacekeeping forces to enter East Timor, the Indonesian province that has been engulfed in chaos since voting overwhelmingly for independence in an Aug. 30 referendum. Habibie's announcement, in a nationally televised address, is a crucial step toward peace in East Timor and a welcome reversal of Indonesia's previous opposition to foreign intervention. What is most important now is that the UN and the international community quickly take Habibie up on his offer...
...involves many molecules," he says. "This is just one of them." On the other hand, he asserts--and his critics would not disagree--that "intelligence does arise out of biology, at least in part." How much remains the great question. Whatever the answer, little Doogie surely represents an important step in unraveling what role our genes play in constructing not just memory but all the other attributes of the human mind. And clearly he won't be the last...
...next big step is linking the states' databases. The FBI has started providing states with free CODIS (combined DNA index system) software, which digitizes and compares DNA profiles. This has already produced some impressive results. After a series of rapes in Sarasota, Florida investigators entered DNA from the crime scene into the national system. The DNA turned out to match that of Mark Daigle, who had served time in Virginia six years earlier for burglary. Florida officials arrested Daigle, and last year he was convicted of rape...
...agreed at talks in Berlin that Pyongyang would suspend missile tests in exchange for Washington's moving to ease economic sanctions on the impoverished communist state. Thus far, North Korea has agreed only to refrain from firing another missile while talks last, but observers believe it?s the first step toward a comprehensive agreement to end the missile program in exchange for economic assistance. And extortion may have actually been the objective of North Korea?s missile rattling. "They keep cranking up their threat as high as it can go and we keep paying, so why shouldn?t they?" says...