Word: targetting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...about the situation is that The Times’s plans for The Globe amount to the same tired tactics that have been tried time and again—pay reductions and layoffs for Globe staff. While this might staunch a small portion of the blood—the target is to reduce the losses to $65 million—it is hardly a long-term solution. After all, given The Times’s own deteriorating finances, a $65 million loss doesn’t seem very sustainable over the long haul either...
...Autism Speaks, an advocacy group that, along with the National Institutes of Health, funds the AGRE database. The hope, says Dawson, a co-author of the two Nature papers, is that researchers could ultimately develop drugs that affect the biochemical pathways associated with these genes. Drugs that are precisely targeted in this way are already being tested in an autism-related disorder called Fragile X syndrome. Even if there are hundreds of genetic combinations that lead to autism, there may be common pathways for drugmakers to target...
...It’s a moving target and I think from day to day, you can’t really know how you’ll be balancing the budget. We’ll probably be adopting a budget without knowing all the facts,” Councillor David P. Maher said...
...that your advisor is someone with whom you can tolerate spending some serious quality time. A practical consideration: while being easy on the eyes doesn’t hurt, excessive good looks may be detrimental if you are as easily distracted as FM is. Once you have nailed your target, here is how to snag him or her as your very own: 1. Not all department members are required to accept the responsibility for an overambitious and overextended Harvard undergrad. Hey section guy, it’s time to suck up your overconfidence and pride and remember that the professors...
...bright light of the next morning, seem unwise. It's called beer-goggling, but does it really exist? Does drinking actually affect how your brain evaluates the attractiveness of other faces, or do we just use alcohol as an excuse to hook up with the first willing target...