Word: wrongly
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...also found to include some of the StarLink strain. Even without the danger of an adverse reaction in humans, the unexpected occurrence of modified genomes is an enormous ecological problem. Yet this time, because of the suspected threat to human health, the matter was significantly more than "theoretically" wrong. Despite a ban on the use of a GM organism in the United States, a possible health threat found its way into the food supply of another country from American imports...
...irreversible. Apart from the fact that GM foods can threaten our health, there exists a greater danger that such genes can never be "recalled." Once a gene is released into the environment, human control over it diminishes greatly. If our scientific assessments on the safety of our technology are wrong--and the StarLink case proves that such things do happen--then there can be no effective, corrective action. Even if the government revokes Aventis' right to plant corn because it causes allergies, the gene can pop up "unexpectedly" throughout the environment over a number of growing seasons. Our loss...
...Harvard men's and women's fencing teams both found themselves on the wrong end of the sword this weekend, as perennially tough Ivy foe Columbia romped to easy victories in New York on Saturday...
...punch that particular hole cleanly through, Gore supporters argued, which provided more grounds to challenge the outcome. Democrats have collected 10,000 affidavits from voters who said they were confused by the ballot's design, had trouble punching the hole they wanted or were refused assistance or given wrong instructions by poll workers. Said a senior Gore legal adviser: "Even the man who invented the machine says these votes need to be looked...
...election supervisor Shirley King sat down to defend her decision to certify the initial machine vote versus the mandated hand recount. Dignified and soft-spoken, King gritted her teeth toward the end of her testimony, telling a Democratic lawyer: "I sent the first numbers because the second numbers were wrong. I'd be very happy to recount the ballots - and I've offered to do so - just to prove the first numbers were right anyway." Oh, and by the way, it turns out that Katherine Harris's office advised King's board to send the first numbers for certification...