Word: checkpoints
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...came largely from the sudden appearance of a 32-year-old Algerian named Ahmed Ressam. Trying to sneak into the U.S. from Canada, he was caught by luck as much as diligence. The 3,000-odd-mile northern border of the U.S. is as porous as Swiss cheese. Some checkpoints are screened only by video camera. The one at Port Angeles, Wash., where Ressam was arrested, might have seemed like a sleepy, lax place to cross into the U.S. But around 6 p.m. on Dec. 14, Diana Dean, an inspector working that checkpoint, was doing her usual routine for travelers...
Murray's work currently focuses on mitosis, the process of cell division and reproduction. Much of his research has examined the concept of a "spindle checkpoint," by which a dividing cell checks that each daughter cell receives exactly one half of each chromosome pair...
...leave we did, carrying a cooler and a stereo. If we didn't look like looters, it would be hard to identify one. We neared the police, hearing breaking bottles and angry shouts. Luckily, we passed through the checkpoint, and were on our way soon afterward...
...women under his arm. We stare at him pleadingly. He whispers something to the ladies and disappears. Whatever scheme has been hatched, we are clearly not going to be the beneficiaries. A few minutes later, Boogie returns and fetches his friends. We watch as he ushers them past the checkpoint. Bastard...
...women under his arm. We stare at him pleadingly. He whispers something to the ladies and disappears. Whatever scheme has been hatched, we are clearly not going to be the beneficiaries. A few minutes later, Boogie returns and fetches his friends. We Watch as he ushers them past the checkpoint. Bastard...