Word: stopping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...appeared when Georgian officials got upset that the group was going straight to Batumi, a stronghold in the western region of the country ruled by political potentate Aslan Abashidze, a powerful rival to Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, a U.S. ally. White House officials urged the group to make a stop in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi first and meet with Shevardnadze, which they did. The meeting "was absolutely great," said Tony. "He promised to help us." Then the group spent eight days in Batumi meeting with Abashidze, as well as with hazelnut farmers, the Orthodox bishop and others who feted...
Alternatively, scientists may try to harvest frozen sperm--provided the mammoth is indeed male--and fertilize a female elephant. Close as the thawed father may be, however, he may not be close enough to produce offspring. "Life isn't something you start and stop like a record," says Ward Wheeler, another biologist at the museum. "It has to go on in continuum...
...next step is to turn this laboratory triumph into a medication--one that can stop the enzyme without causing disastrous side effects. That won't be easy, and, as Citron points out, it won't happen overnight. Nor will the Amgen scientists lack for competition. Even as their Science paper appeared, other drugmakers indicated they were hot on the trail of the enzyme as well. And while Alzheimer's researchers offered the usual caveats, they seemed almost unanimously agreed that the identifying of the shadowy enzyme was not only a potential bonanza for drug companies but also the first really...
Carb paranoia struck when people discovered that all the fat-free food they loaded up on during the last diet craze was making them fat. Diet plans like the Pritikin Program of the early '80s and Susan Powter's Stop the Insanity! in 1993 caused a run on processed low-fat food like SnackWell's and frozen yogurt. But those treats, it turned out, were chock-full of sugar and a whole mess of calories. Result: you gained weight. The reaction in recent years has been to eliminate sugar by dropping carbohydrates from the menu altogether. So instead...
...heart-healthy gurus and hence Atkins' natural enemy. "These books say you should eat healthy foods that won't provoke an insulin response, like bacon, as if insulin is the only mechanism that affects health," he says. "Most people eat so much sugar that when they stop eating it, they lose weight. But they're mortgaging their health in the process." Ornish, who has published studies in various medical journals, challenges the upstarts to do the same. "What's the evidence? None of these authors have ever published any data validating their claims...