Word: bindings
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Graduate Student Council President Carlos Lopez said under the current system, graduate students are expected to find teaching jobs when their funding expires. These jobs are not always available, leaving a "significant number" of graduate students in a bind...
Rosenthal adds that administrators find themselves in a bind when it comes to combating druguse...
...potential of the Internet has quickly tightened the bind for the Chinese government. "On the one hand, authorities know they need computers for economic progress," says McGeary. "But the downside is what actually happens when people have access to computers." The anarchic nature of the Internet makes it very difficult for a controlled society to... well, control. "What is fascinating," says McGeary, "is how deeply the authorities seemed to feel was the threat in this case." Subversion is one of China's most serious crimes. As such, the Chinese response represents one of the best testimonials yet to the potential...
Some researchers look forward to the day when gene therapy is used to repair damaged genes. With the new vectors, they would infect cells with small molecules that combine DNA and RNA. These hybrid molecules would seek out and bind to the defective gene, enabling it to function normally. "It would be like a repair mechanism," Wilson explains, "rather than a replacement...
...than because of the weather,? says Anastasijevic. ?The issues underlying the conflict remain unresolved, but it?s difficult to fight in minus-20-degree temperatures. When the snows melt in a month or two, the war will probably resume.? And that will put Washington right back in its Balkan bind...