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He was a ‘visionary’, remembers neurobiologist Judith Eisen (University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States), ‘who laid the groundwork for the use of zebrafish as a developmental model’.
In addition to laying the groundwork for "post-colonial" studies as an area of inquiry, the book inspired a flurry of scholarship devoted to "the other"--to groups of people who, by virtue of race, gender, sexuality, or geographical location, are unable to represent themselves and so (to echo the line from Karl Marx that serves as the book's epigraph) "must be represented" by those more powerful.
Hardly had the groundwork been laid when China entered the Korean War, sending “volunteers” to fight against American-led United Nations forces.
However, the genes identified in the present study are significantly different from those reported by others, which may reflect differences in the approaches used and types of tissues analyzed [ 42 43 44 45 ] . This preliminary study serves as groundwork for our laboratory, and we believe, it will be worthwhile to examine their role in ECs.
The Los Angeles Times reports today that a 1991 trip to Asia, made by the then-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the late Ron Brown, a trip which has yet to draw the scrutiny of investigators, may have provided the groundwork for the Democrats' foreign fund-raising from Asian special interests.