Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With Biochemist David Gutnick, Rosenberg isolated a genus of bacteria called arthrobacter, which feast on crude oil, and then developed a particularly fast-multiplying new strain, which they named "RAG-1."* Bred in salt water enriched with phosphorus and nitrogen compounds, the strain gobbles up the paraffin (waxy) content of crude oil, leaving only small droplets of dewaxed oil that break down quickly in nature and become harmless carbon dioxide and water...
With their new strain, the Israeli scientists were able to begin an attack on the major direct cause of the world's oil pollution, which, contrary to popular belief, is not accidental spillage or the breakup of supertankers like Torrey Canyon. Most of this pollution is actually caused by routine tanker operations. Before entering harbor to take on a new load of crude oil, sea water used as ballast on the return trip is flushed into the ocean; it includes a small amount of crude oil (usually about one-half of 1% of the tanker's capacity) left...
...tremendous," he says. "She's going to have all Women's Lib on her back saying 'Please, please, don't let this old over-the-hill guy beat you.' She has a history of nerves, of choking. I perform better under stress and strain...
When the Watergate seven were arrested, Magruder reacted visibly. He became dispirited and lost weight. Obviously, political corruption was a strain on Magruder. "He confused party interest with national interest," says a Washington neighbor. "When you get in the circles he was in, that's easy to do. The pressures are positively unbelievable." Adds a former White House aide: "If you are conformist-oriented, you go along. Jeb didn't like to be a pain...
...Wouldn't it be nice if the Monday Club could somehow be disposed of with equally quick and painless dispatch? The club, however, shows no signs of going away. As a party within a party and a kind of Loyal Opposition of the right, it represents a genuine strain of conservative opinion, with the active support, nationwide, of at least 7,000 zealots...