Word: processing
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...Bush, for and against abortion rights, for and against the death penalty. The interests are varied, but the intent is not: Black leaders plan a "Day of Outrage" to protest the "illegitimacy" of Bush's presidency, while the Justice Action Movement will mobilize against "corporate dominance of the political process," and protest to abolish the electoral college. Everyone gathering to protest hopes to draw and keep the attention of the world on their cause - even if it means being arrested, which several organizers have already promised to make happen. Many planning visits to D.C. are veterans of the IMF/World Bank...
...Justice Action Movement: Protests along parade route and rally in Dupont Circle; protesting corporate control of political process, demand end to electoral college...
...long shot. Only 1 out of 5,000 potential drugs makes it from the lab to the medicine chest (a process that can take as long as 15 years). But the odds are better now than when tranquilizers came largely from inspired guesswork. Computerized brain scans, DNA probes and other technological wizardry have given drugmakers powerful new tools for understanding at a molecular level the brain's inner workings--and how chemicals affect them...
...task, convertible to software--in principle. Trouble is, many firms have introduced nifty online financial tools before their coherence and effectiveness are ensured. "This stuff is great, but we're killing people with it," says James Van Dyke, a senior analyst at Jupiter Research. Data entry is a delicate process, and mistakes can lead to confusion and misinterpretation. Analysts say Financial Engines and its peers concentrate on retirement projections that can be taken as guidelines; Direct Advice, noted for its breadth and for offering online communication with a real adviser, may be earning an A for effort but pulled...
...multiple sclerosis, in which the body in effect attacks itself. At Israel's Technion, Dr. Nathan Karin and his colleagues have created genes that order up the culprit peptides--bits of protein that provoke the autoimmune response--then get the immune system to neutralize them. Says Karin: "Essentially, the process involves fooling the immune system into fighting itself...