"Mass surveillance, shutting down free speech, and trying to scrap the Human Rights Act do not send the message that we are a modern and tolerant democracy.
Rather, we were looking for alternative mechanisms for increasing β-cell mass without shutting down an essential signaling pathway, either via endocrine induction or stimulation of β-cell proliferation.
At Easter Sunday Mass, she shut her eyes tight, but this time saw only Hector, Jr.,'s grimace — how he'd hated going to church.
Despite critical praise, it failed to bring in the masses and shut down after only six months.
Under government pressure, The Masses had shut down.
We can safely curtail mass collection, shore up needlessly "wiretap friendly" infrastructure and generally protect ourselves against mass surveillance, all without shutting down legitimate intelligence gathering.
2. Mass transit is largely shutting down by Saturday afternoon.
In consultation with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the health department has concluded that shutting down mass transportation would probably cause more problems, like leaving hospital workers unable to get to work, than it would solve.
This is why I will be at Kingsnorth this Saturday to take part in the peaceful mass action to shut down the existing coal-fired power station there.
Mass transit was shut down; businesses were told not to open; residents in seven cities and towns, including Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, Brookline, and Newton, were ordered to "shelter in place" — that is, to remain indoors.
