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For the first objective, they rationalized that the origin of species and the related issue of the phylogenetic relationships for all organisms are encoded in the organism's rRNA, a molecule that encompasses two-thirds of the mass of the bacterial ribosome (ribosomal proteins comprise the other one-third).
Defenders pointed out that Carey hadn't murdered anybody (unlike past Teamsters bosses), and rationalized his scam as a "desperate" response to the threat posed by his more corrupt opponent, James P. Hoffa.
"At least they're getting stoned first," I rationalized.
On the basis of the known crystal structure of T7 RNA polymerase bound to a 17 base-pair, double-stranded promoter sequence, it appears that T7 promoter recognition occurs largely through direct or water-mediated hydrogen bonding [ 2 ] . The identities of at least some of the selected mutants can be rationalized on the basis of the known protein:DNA contacts.
But the Federal Reserve then raised interest rates, beginning in February 1994, an action rationalized by entirely spurious fears of inflation.