Word: trait
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...sort of biological alchemy that abounds in science fiction. Take a trait from one species, genetically transfer it to another species, and voilá!: a hybrid emerges that nature could never have produced. In last week's issue of the British journal Nature, scientists at four American institutions announced that they had actually accomplished this remarkable, first-of-its-kind feat. A gene carrying the DNA code for growth hormone was taken from rats and incorporated into mouse embryos. The result: mice that grew to be nearly twice the normal size. The super-mice not only produced large quantities...
...from this distance that Richard Nixon's conspiratorial bent helped him understand the dark maneuverings of America's adversaries around the world. But that was the very trait that snared him in Watergate. He thought he could conspire his way out of political quicksand...
That was, sadly, a glimpse of Johnson rearranging the facts, the one trait that probably did more to force him into retirement than anything else. Too bad that Johnson could not have brought himself instantly to the good-natured confessional he offered years later: "What I was trying to say was that my ancestor was in a fight at the Alamo-that is, the Alamo Hotel in Eagle Pass, Texas." But that was just the way L.B.J...
Usher emphasized the team's "togetherness," a trait demonstrated at an unusually enthusiastic pre-season dinner Tuesday night...
...part because of Steinbrenner's strict upbringing, Schapp says the "mature" Steinbrenner alternates between two broad behavior patterns. The "good George"--whom he charges the press with overlooking entirely--has given many thousands of dollars to charities, and has often given generously when his ballplayers faced personal crises. That trait, Schaap suggests, steinbrenner the need to please the Steinbrenner has evinced since his adolescent inability to satisfy Papa Steinbrenner...