Muffett told HuffPost the documents compiled by his nonprofit effectively become a precursor to the story in Merchants of Doubt, a book that details how "a loose-knit group of high-level scientists, with extensive political connections, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public" about the dangers of tobacco smoke and global warming.
Questioning the One-China policy, which has guided the most important global relationship of the United States since President Nixon landed in Beijing on Air Force One, can become a precursor for an actual shooting war.
She has set the action in the early seventeenth century, drawing parallels between the war-tom Roman Empire and England during the waning of the Renaissance; Octavius Caesar becomes a precursor of the Puritans doing battle against humanist ideals.
The event when a copy of the 7SL RNA became a precursor of the Alu elements took place early in the evolution of supraprimates [ 5].
The Western Chalukyas patronised a unique style of architecture and Kannada literature which became a precursor to the Hoysala art of 12th century.
He was allegedly implicated in tapes secretly made by his bodyguard, although he insists they were doctored.The murder inspired a popular movement against Mr Kuchma in 2000 that became a precursor to the "orange revolution" of 2004.
Founded by Australian entrepreneur Niki Scevak, launching Startmate became a precursor to Scevak founding one of Australia's best-known venture firms Blackbird Ventures in 2012.
An animated television series, two direct-to-video (OVA) single releases, and a concert film were also produced, the first of which became a precursor for an internet meme when its finale was pulled from broadcast.
Still, in the context of a worldwide religious resurgence and the war on terror, the Enlightenment has become a favored precursor of our time, replacing wizened rivals like the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Russian Revolution.
To the harassed pedestrian for whom he tinged bell has become a tense precursor to either an earful of abuse or near-death experience, the moron has become the norm.
