Word: switched
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...complicated that most of their efforts have failed. Last week scientists from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, announced that they may have found an effective strategy. In a study published in the journal Cell, the Scripps researchers report that they have discovered a single biochemical switch that triggers the growth of blood vessels in almost all tumors in laboratory animals. By knocking out the switch with two proteins that they have developed, the researchers caused the blood vessels to dissolve. Deprived of their food supply, the tumors quickly shrank and, in some cases, disappeared entirely...
...bought -- or planned to buy -- Pentium-based computers were confused and often angry. Intel admitted last week that tens of thousands of customers have called about the problem. Easing its earlier hard line, the company agreed to replace a few thousand of the chips for buyers who requested a switch, and it will soon begin selling a corrected model. But to Robert Sombric, the data-processing manager for the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, government, Intel's decision to go on selling the flawed chips for months was inexcusable. Said he: "I treat the city's money just as if it were...
...dean downplayed speculation that Harvard's switch to the common application this year fueled the increase...
Enter Coach Frank Sullivan. Calling for a switch at halftime from man-to-man to zone defense, Sullivan watched his team rally at the beginning of the second stanza to seize a 50-45 lead with 12:27 left in the game...
...Chamber of Deputies, goes before the Senate, where the Berlusconi government lacks a majority. If the bill is defeated, the Prime Minister may carry out his threat to resign and force new elections. If it passes, coalition partner Umberto Bossi, head of the Northern League, may resign or switch allegiance to protest against Berlusconi's leadership...