Word: tested
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According to the committee, however, the testing procedure ensures a very low rate of false-positives. In this procedure, blood is tested for antibodies. If the results are positive, the same blood specimen is tested again. If positive for a second time, doctors perform a "very sensitive" PCR amplification test, McCormick said...
...committee hopes the test will become a standard practice, reducing its stigma...
...Sunday Times, and spent the next day combing through the Help Wanted section. She interviewed in fields that ranged from publishing to financial services to fashion. She called two placement agencies and even a temp agency. After being educated at Harvard, Meghan had to take a typing test and learn how to make spreadsheets on Excel to qualify...
Workout: Coach Haggerty doesn't hesitate to put his team to the test. A typical workout is a non-stop run in hilly Arlington at varying speeds. Aim for these splits: 4:44 for the first mile, 5:44 for the second mile, 2:12 for the next half-mile, then 11 minutes of the infamous "fartlek": 1 min. full-out, 1 min. jogging, 1 min. full-out, etc., for 12 minutes. Then for the final cool-down, another half-mile at a 2:12 pace. And if that's not enough, team members can always count on Coach Haggerty...
...back in August that Glenn was told he wouldn't be taking part in a test of melatonin, the natural sleep hormone, because he "did not meet one of the medical criteria for participation," Dr. Charles Czeisler, the surgeon who disqualified Glenn, told the New York Times Wednesday. For two months, NASA endeavored to keep the news quiet -- ostensibly because it was a private medical matter. Evidently, it didn't fit the mold of a feisty American hero blasting back into orbit. Neither does the prospect of delaying the launch, with Clinton and hundreds of congressmen, celebrities and network anchormen...