Word: processing
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...that bitter moment when the flag-waving has to stop, the grand social theories have to adapt to reality, and a large number of the revolutionaries inevitably find themselves hauled off to the guillotine. The dotcom revolution is no different, except that, true to form, it has accelerated the process. The time it takes to go from hero on the barricades to zero with your head in a basket has shrunk to a nanosecond...
...while it's true that researchers can and have sequenced individual genes, they had to use a process that was expensive and terribly laborious--like writing your own reference book before you can start any real experiments. Having the sequences laid out in advance gives the scientific world a big head start...
...most wrenching expression of the dilemma is playing out in the mainline, a process that will intensify this week as the Presbyterian Church (USA) convenes in Long Beach, Calif. Few expect the Southern Baptists to ordain gays or the Reform Jews to legislate against them, but the traditional liberal denominations are almost violently torn. The three proposals whose passage prompted the civil disobedience and arrests in Cleveland--bans on gay ministers and holy unions, as well as a clause stating that homosexuality is "incompatible with Christian teaching"--prevailed by votes of roughly 2 to 1. That kind of majority...
...Butterfield 8 novelist 2. Ad figure Joe 3. Frat letter 4. Org. overseeing Sydney festivities 5. Bessemer process leftover 6. She defeated Martina in the '85 U.S. Open 7. Coelho's out; he's in 8. The RIAA wants to shut it down 9. Nation that has apologized for its Holocaust role: abbr. 10. Kind of cow, horse, dog or man 12. The Justice Department will compensate his estate for his tapes and papers 15. Aquino's successor in the Philippines 19. Unknown, on a sked 21. Jesse Ventura, once 23. Prefix with log or gram 24. Novi __, Serbia...
Ultimately, the Institute envisions a system from which scientists will be able to obtain copies of the genes they need to work with on demand, eliminating the time-consuming process of individually cloning genes as they are needed for specific research...