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At each time point, the control and treated cells were collected in passive lysis buffer and dual luciferase assays performed.
Like Inez Victor, the wife of a vacuous politician in Democracy (1985), she is quickly mastering a "capacity for passive detachment."
Under oath, Huang has claimed he had only a "passive role" in the foreign trade missions--whatever that means.
Moreover, the active surveillance team asks for additional patient information which is not present on routine passive reporting forms.
After the killing of the marines in Beirut, President Reagan signed National Security Directive 138, calling for a "shift . . . from passive to active defense measures" and reprogramming or adding new resources to effect the shift.