Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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They are the soul of the personal computer and worth more than their weight in gold or cocaine. Small wonder then that these tiny, high-tech chips have become the latest target of the international crime set. A few tales from the cyberfront: in Greenock, Scotland, three knife-wielding masked men overpowered a factory guard last month and stole $3.7 million worth of chips and related computer parts; in Fremont, California, burglars disarmed a security system and made off with more than $1.8 million of chips and computer equipment in a January warehouse heist. And outside Portland, Oregon, five gunmen...
...turn the judges are excellent at drawing themselves as perfectly sincere, forced to give weight to Abigail's testimony because of the seriousness of her accusations. Just as the personal sensitivity of criminal assault or rape cases merits special consideration for the women who are forced through the humiliation involved, those like Abigail who abuse the consideration and the power of accusation for personal vendetta elicit the greatest outrage from society because the entire institution of justice is undermined...
...start is staggered," heavy weight captain Tilde Hajek said. "We didn't row the first half of the race aggressively enough. Rather than trying to jump out ahead and using the head start to our advantage, we waited until the 1,000-meter mark before we responded...
...they touch. At the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Curtis Harris, a molecular epidemiologist, has been examining cells from liver- and lung-cancer patients, searching for mutations in a tumor-suppressor gene known as p53 (p stands for the protein the gene makes and 53 for the protein's molecular weight). Smokers who develop lung cancer, Harris has found, show tiny alterations in the p53 gene that differ from those in nonsmokers. They also vary from the changes found in Chinese liver-cancer patients. In the latter group, aflatoxin, a fungal contaminant of food, is the carcinogen, and it alters...
...Wentzell says there have been recent improvements. The number of Stairmasters has increased (to a total of five). And with the opening of the Carey Cage facility for use by varsity athletes, the ITT weight room across the river--once off-limits to amateurs--is available for recreational...