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King's book is rich in horrors: The photographs in which faces have been blotted out with ink smears or hysterically attacked with a pen are more immediately alarming than the ones from which figures have been surgically removed, and there are sobering unretouched group shots of NKVD bureaucrats and the prosecution staff of the Supreme Soviet, mass murderers who invariably look like factory hands or math teachers.
They also develop alarming levels of hostility toward patients.
We are losing natural areas and habitats at an alarming rate.
Indeed, since tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) is known to suppress hepatic apoptosis [ 9 ] , a function which is considered a safeguard mechanism against neoplasia [ 10 11 ] , the reported ability of RU486 to elevate hepatic TNFα production in vivo and to enhance cell sensitivity to its toxic effects is alarming [ 12 ] . Glucocorticoids also inhibit hepatocellular proliferation [ 13 14 15 ] and modulate the expression of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes [ 11 ] , via mechanisms involving the glucocorticoid receptor [ 16 17 18 ] , further supporting the notion that inhibiting these receptors may result in harmful effects.
One of the most alarming signs of the trend: increasing arm sales by Russia to the other two countries.