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Although many genes have been effective in treating murine CIA if they are administered before disease onset, local periarticular gene transfer has not been highly effective in halting the progression of established disease.
The NYT front says one reason the U.S. investigation into possible laundering of Russian money through the Bank of New York has been so halting is that two of the law enforcement bodies with responsibilities in the case--the Manhattan D.A.'s office and the FBI--have not been cooperating with each other.
At times he speaks in short, halting phrases, pausing between the most unlikely words, and then he'll rush through a series of phrases so quickly that he'll nearly run out of breath and almost gasp out the last words--rhythm as characterization, his cadences revealing the contours of his troubled spirit as concisely as his words.
!!) and his halting sweetness to win us back into his good graces.
Op-ed writers cautioned against "a self-defeating freeze on the peace process," called Arafat a "partner" in the "fight against terrorism," and observed that "Israeli terrorists"--namely, mass-murderer Baruch Goldstein and assassin Yigal Amir--had staged attacks "aimed at halting the peace process."