Word: halting
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Because the tumors in question had been unresponsive to the traditional chemotherapy treatment, Folkman said, the study lends support to the theory that it is possible to halt and reverse cancer growth in mice with a "flanking maneuver"--targeting blood cells surrounding the tumor but not the tumor itself...
...film has placed Das amid a national tempest. In late January, one day before shooting was to begin in the holy city of Varanasi, a group of Hindus stormed the set and burned part of it down. City officials ordered a production halt. Shooting won't resume until fall. Frustrated by the disruption to her work, Das is even more worried about how the uproar has distorted the image of her country. "What is interesting and fascinating about this country is that everything coexists," she says. "You have the extreme fanatics, but there are also very progressive and very open...
...Holocaust as "too little, too late." They will probably feel similarly about the homily, scheduled for last Sunday, in which John Paul was expected to reiterate regret for Christians' past anti-Semitic acts without admitting church culpability. Lau tells TIME he expects private pledges from John Paul to halt the canonization process for Pope Pius XII, who has been accused of "silence" during the Holocaust, but such promises are unlikely...
...They halt high-speed bikers pedaling through the Yard to save camera-happy tourists from an undignified death. They escort partygoers who refuse to hear that the kegger is tapped out. They accompany that freshman in Grays to UHS for a midnight carbon snack. These omnipotent regulators are the men and women of Harvard law enforcement, the long arm of the real law at Harvard...
...roaring 6 percent growth rate makes it a voracious consumer of imports, while world markets remain sluggish when it comes to buying American products. But while it may be a symptom of U.S. good times, the current account deficit also threatens bring those good times grinding to a nasty halt...