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Between two and four inches of rain fell during the morning rush hour, effectively shutting down the subway and flooding many streets.
Glucocorticoids produce a receptor-mediated inhibitory effect on both basal and hormone-stimulated expression of a newly discovered family of molecules known as suppressors of cytokine signalling [ 8 ] . These molecules play an important role in shutting off cytokine action [ 8 ] , and RU486 may therefore augment cytokine-mediated effects.
In this spirit, the lead paragraph of the Journal's earthquake article merits quoting in full: "A powerful 45-second earthquake cut a swath through Turkey's industrial heartland, killing thousands of people, shutting businesses, wrecking major power lines and jolting national confidence just as the economy showed signs of leaving 1999's recession behind."
When the film begins, in the early '30s, he (played by Tim Roth) is a white Prohibition beer baron who has muscled his way into the neighborhood numbers racket, shutting down competitors or forcing them to join his operation.
President Clinton's legal defense fund is shutting down.