Word: strains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lack of a visible weak link in the cast. If there is a flaw, it is that the cast as a whole lacks proper volume to be heard clearly over the orchestra. This is an important point, given the complexity of the lyrics; it is frustrating to have to strain to pick up on the words...
...from Capitol Hill. "It is unbelievable that at a time when the Administration's foreign policy is in a shambles, they want to complicate the situation by raising another major issue," said Democratic Congressman Norman Dicks of Washington. Democratic Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee predicted that the move would strain relations in the Western alliance and termed it a "mistake in judgment every bit as serious in the long term as shipping missiles to Khomeini...
McPherson cited the development of a malaria vaccine and a new strain of sorghum as examples of the progress international development programs have made...
...main vaccine protects the body from three flu strains--A/Mississippi, found in 1985, A/Chile, found in 1983, and a newly-identified virus, B/Ann Arbor. Another shot guards against a flu strain known as A/Taiwan, identified in Asia last January...
...cases of A/Taiwan have been identified in the Boston area, but doctors recommend vaccines for people under 35 with underlying health problems, said Joseph S. DeCiuti, state immunization manager for communicative diseases. People born after 1950 likely have built up a natural immunity through contact with a similar, earlier strain of Asian flu, he said...