I begin to relate, in the most exacting way, everything that is testing me.
[A40.] The 360-acre agricultural laboratory in Weybridge, England, that is testing a specimen from a Washington cow for mad cow disease has had plenty of experience.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, however, Mr. Wilhelm has confronted a challenge that is testing his mettle like nothing before.
It was the third day of an outburst of sectarian violence that is testing the pledges of Egypt's Islamist president to protect the country's Christian minority.
Ohio has a reputation as perhaps the nation's leading political battleground, a bellwether that is testing the central arguments of the midterm campaign.
As such, it was a qualified success for a company that is testing investors' interest in the market for unfinished diamonds.
If not, the F.D.A. may wait for data from a 15,000-patient trial that is testing whether the Lipitor-torcetrapib combination reduces heart attacks and strokes compared with Lipitor alone.
Brandon, who is now 11 and lives in Dublin, Va., is one of 120 children participating in a trial sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health that is testing a speedy cure for childhood phobias.
Coolness — the reckless assumption of mystic mojo — looms often in the attitudes and even the semi-official locutions of a country that is testing the potential of American, what-the-hell dash.
Correction: July 12, 2001, Thursday An article in Science Times on July 3 about using microbicides to protect women against sexually transmitted diseases misidentified the company that is testing a gel called Savvy.
He also makes fluconazole, an antifungal drug, for an American generic drug company that is testing it for sale in 2002, when Pfizer's patent on the drug, which it sells as Diflucan, runs out.
