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The I-185, designed in early 1940, was based on the I-180, which was itself a development of the I-16, but was virtually a new design.
2-AA inhibited the growth of V79-NHr1A2 cells and induced the formation of micronuclei at concentrations of 0.1 to 1.0 microM, but was virtually without toxic effects at a concentration of 10 microM.
Tencent hopes to grow in that area, but it was virtually an afterthought in the company's meteoric surge onto our Fab 50.
It is larger and more spectacular than the Grand Canyon but is virtually inaccessible, though a railway traverses part of it.
But survival is virtually a given.
But there is virtually a complete Belgian national team growing under English ownership, starting with the goalkeepers, Courtois and Mignolet.
The worst-off countries — Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Cyprus — have little hope of meeting the requirement but are virtually assured of getting a bye from Brussels.
The police observed, but were virtually powerless to act; a telling image of the early 1990's was of impoverished police in burned-out east European sedans giving vain chase to the sleek Mercedes favored by the newly monied.
But the second is virtually a statement of fact since church leaders in recent weeks became embroiled in doctrinal contortions over gender and sexuality, prompting mockery, outrage and division.
Hernández had the chances to score a hat trick, but was overjoyed to be virtually a champion in his first season out of Mexico.
