Word: testing
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...Stormy Test. Washington Post Columnist David Broder complains Carter has pulled off his public opinion triumph despite indifferently delivered speeches that contain no memorable phrases. Indeed, Carter has gone so far as to order his speechwriters to hold their sentences at the ninth-grade level. One speechwriter told TIME that those guilty of highfalutin language "are quickly brought into line-by the leader [meaning Carter]." But, another insisted, "we are not writing down to people. If you follow Strunk and White's Elements of Style, you can meet his standard...
...first stormy test will be Congress's attempt to prevent Carter from stopping construction of 30 high-priced water projects. Carter has not decided whether to appeal over Congressmen's heads to their constituents. But, even if he loses this fight, he may still win political points with the public. Predicted a Republican Congressman: "In 1980, he will cite it as the first example of the frustration he faced trying to balance the budget...
...project would disrupt 220,000 acres now being farmed. Runoff water from the irrigated areas would leach salty chemicals from the soil and carry them into the Souris and Red rivers. Richard Madson, a local representative of the Audubon Society, calls the dispute over the Garrison "a classic test of whether the bureaucracy can be slowed down once it's moving...
...without the aid of a ribosome. Contemporary tRNA molecules, unaided, cannot form a stable linkage with messenger RNA; a ribosome is needed to hold them in place until their amino acids are assembled. While the scientists admit that their concept is "fairly speculative," they note that it can be tested in the laboratory if researchers can construct some five-nucleotide tRNA molecules. If the theory is correct, these engineered molecules, placed in a test tube with amino acids and messenger RNA, should synthesize proteins...
...with meets coming up at MIT and B.U. this weekend, the Crimson squads will be eager to test out their early-season water wings, no matter what their friends are doing down south. "People just have more psyche in the spring," Brown says--and no doubt the sailors will be out to show that they've got more of it than anyone else afloat...