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Now with the genomic revolution, we are poised on a new threshold of discovery, in that it is finally feasible to begin to identify the genes that are responsible for such complicated cellular processes.
In the early '80s, Will seemed poised to assume the Lippmann mantle.
Greece is poised to make a new request for the sculptures' return as part of a deal to coincide with the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
--the heroine's best friend's smart and unusually poised big sister: "Just remember that sometimes you drift into things, and then you can't get out of them," the sister advises the novel's protagonist.
Wait, maybe I'd better switch to The Matrix , which made $37 million in its first week and seems poised to become a phenomenon.