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The WP entices with the tidbit that the Dole '96 campaign ads are also under review at Justice, but at an earlier stage of review.
The NYT, Post (in their business sections), and WSJ report that Amazon.com Inc.'s fourth-quarter revenue, $650 million, failed to match analysts' "whisper number," which in some circles doubled earlier, published estimates of $500 million.
To the best of our knowledge, results reported here and earlier [ 8 ] represent the most detailed study on the mechanism of action of a polymeric anti-HIV-1 compound and offer new opportunities for microbicide research, including the design of combined microbicides with distinct target sites on HIV-1 and acting synergistically.
The most divisive policy point is centered on President Clinton's suggestion earlier in the week that countries failing to meet basic labor standards might be subject to WTO sanctions.
In general, the bmr mutants flower later then their wild-type counterparts, except in the case of bmr7, which flowers earlier than the N7 line.