Word: strains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fellowship selection committee this year raised the amount of each grant from $7500 to $9000 to ensure that the falling value of the dollar in world markets would not strain the recipients financially, said Kristine L. Forsgard, fellowship director at the Office of Career Services...
...hospitals in Salt Lake City, doctors who normally see only six new cases each year have treated 150 youngsters in the past 24 months. Worse, physicians, who have never fully understood what causes rheumatic fever, have few clues to explain its re-emergence. The culprit could be an unfamiliar strain of bacteria -- or simply relaxed vigilance against a forgotten...
...real estate developers, oil drillers and spendthrift consumers. While most U.S. banks can handle bad debts during good times, a recession would turn a quiet problem into a grinding one. Many more borrowers could go over the brink, along with their banks. The resulting rash of federal bailouts could strain the Government's deposit- insurance system and even turn depositors' nightmares into reality...
...Seville both players were showing signs of strain and had made elementary errors. Although Kasparov's dangerously careless play in Game 23 had badly unnerved him, he regained his composure for the final meeting last Friday. The defending champion opened the contest with an uncharacteristically conservative strategy designed to build an advantage slowly. The tactic seemed to wear down Karpov, who was short of time. When play resumed on Saturday after an adjournment, the champion methodically advanced his queen into the challenger's territory. It took just 24 moves for Kasparov to renew his hold on the title...
Monsanto scientists responded by changing the site to South Carolina and reformulating their strategy. Instead of using bacteria with the insecticide- producing gene, the company applied to release a strain engineered only to produce enzymes that enable it to digest lactose and X-Gal. Researchers could then detect the presence of migrating bacteria by dropping soil samples onto the lactose-based, X-Gal-laced growth medium...