Word: conquers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deepest change may be a planetary intuition that military war is pointless. Except in atavistic places like the Middle East and Ireland, conquering territory is a fruitless and counterproductive exercise. Why conquer land? The Soviets have more trouble than they can manage with their nationalities. The new world's battlegrounds are markets and ideas. The Japanese and Germans, having learned their military lessons the hard way, re- entered the war by other means...
...students are to gain any real leverage with the Harvard administration they must pool their efforts, not waste them on competition. We have 40 members now, and we hope to bring together the heads of all student organizations. HUSO plans to unify and strengthen, not divide and conquer. Van Truong Moderator, HUSO Alex Acosta Martha Bridegam Adam Cohen Anthony Romano Founding Members, HUSO
...prospect is intoxicating. By mapping and manipulating tiny genes, man . could conceivably conquer diseases, improve upon his natural abilities and perhaps even control his own destiny. But just because miracles might someday be possible does not necessarily mean that they should all be performed. The tools of molecular biology have enormous potential for both good and evil. Lurking behind every genetic dream come true is a possible Brave New World nightmare. After all, it is the DNA of human beings that might be tampered with, not some string bean or laboratory mouse. To unlock the secrets hidden in the chromosomes...
Writer/director of Pelle Bille August uses this early scene to show the emerging conqueror in the young Pelle. As Lasse tells his son of his chances for the future, he says, "you're still young. You can conquer the world...
...such anticancer agents as interleukin-2 and tumor necrosis factor. Anderson believes the day is not far off when it will be possible to transplant a gene containing instructions for the manufacture of CD4, a substance that combats the AIDS virus. Ultimately, researchers think they may be able to conquer some hereditary diseases by replacing defective genes with normal ones...