Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Recombinant DNA research involves manipulating the genes of a bacteria strain to create organisms not naturally found in the organisms--hopefully to make them perform biochemically useful tasks such as the production of insulin or fertilizer...
BOTH PLAYS are plagued by similar tendencies, the casts rushing headlong against Pinter's rigorously controlled pace. It is as though even the performers cannot bear the strain and tension that are essential to the drama. Moments of dramatic explosion are lost in the relentless hurry of these productions. Since the tempo remains unvaried, characters and relationships aren't allowed to develop and the evening tends towards monotony...
Aggravating Strain. The upshot: Chase Econometrics, a private research firm, forecasts that economic expansion in 12 major nations will slow, on average, from 5.5% this year to 4.5% in 1977. In Europe, it predicts, growth will slip from an already modest 4.2% in 1976 to 3.9% next year. While such a slowdown would still be a long way from outright recession, it would aggravate already serious commercial and political strains throughout the non-Communist world...
...power is Will Lummis, Hughes' 47-year-old nephew, who is a Houston lawyer. He was named Summa's board chairman last August in a deal to avoid conflict between Hughes' Houston heirs and the ruling triumvirate at Summa. But the relationship is showing signs of strain. Recently, Lummis began and ended a board meeting before Davis arrived...
...radio contest and gets a date with a waitress he has been lusting over; the radical attempts to liberate the contents of the cash register. In short, there is a tad more excitement crammed into this eight-hour period than one might expect, but not so much as to strain credulity...