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...University officials say the swap--from Fort Howard to Scott products--will actually save paper and end up helping the environment...
...combination of genes, they are duplicated every time the bacterium reproduces itself. Moreover, the microbe can pass its genetic shield to a different strain of bacteria through a process called conjugation, the bacterial equivalent of sex. In addition to exchanging DNA in the form of chromosomes, conjugating bacteria can swap smaller snippets of DNA called plasmids. Like viruses, plasmids make exceedingly effective shuttles for carrying drug-resistant traits from one bacterium to another...
...agreed last week to step down and turn over the controls of TWA to the company's union-led employees in return for major concessions that are designed to keep the airline flying. Under the tentative agreement, TWA's 28,000 flight attendants, baggage handlers, mechanics and pilots would swap a 15% pay cut for a 45% equity stake in the carrier. The airline's creditors would acquire the remaining 55% in exchange for forgiving more than $1 billion in debts. Icahn currently owns 90% of TWA's stock, but he would gladly dispose of his holdings if it means...
Tenure offers between and Harvard, the two economics powerhouses on the Charles, may result in an effective swap of the schools' leading game theory specialists...
...rejects the all-out freeze that the Palestinians have demanded and the Bush Administration would prefer, but has made plans to abolish financial incentives for building what he calls "political settlements" -- those in populated Palestinian areas that the Labor Party might one day relinquish in a land-for-peace swap...