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Ames test
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Ames test An
in vitro test for the ability of chemicals, including potential food
additives, to cause mutation in bacteria (the mutagenic potential). Commonly used as a preliminary screening method to detect substances likely to be carcinogenic.
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Ames: Some Early Signs Were Missed; Boss's Questions Cited in Document
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/2/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...investigation directly on admitted spy Aldrich H. Ames last May, at least one CIA official began...1990, according to agency sources and Ames himself. The official was Paul J. Redmond Jr., whose working relationship with Ames goes back to 1985 and who since early 1991...
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AMES REACHES FOR YOUTH.
Magazine article from: WWD; 7/30/1999; ; 700+ words
; NEW YORK -- Ames Department Stores Inc. is out to prove that regional retailers can...units it acquired last December from Hills. The stores now sport the Ames logo and Ames's current merchandising format. Fifty other stores had been redesigned...
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Ames Story Still May Be Incomplete; FBI Is Investigating Soviet Link in Mexico
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/21/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...don't believe confessed spy Aldrich H. Ames has told the complete story of how he came...Moscow, according to government sources. Ames has maintained he delivered his first information...City in 1983, may have been involved in Ames's decision to become a spy, according...
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AILING AMES CALLS IT QUITS; DISCOUNTER OVERWHELMED BY COMPETITION; ANALYST SAYS HILLS BUY WAS LAST STRAW.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 8/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...economy combined to knock discount retailer Ames Department Stores out of business, taking...hundreds of jobs in Central New York. Ames, a 44-year-old Connecticut-based...District in New York. The collapse of Ames means about 300 people in Onondaga County...
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Ames Raises Over $130,000 For The March of Dimes
PR Newswire; 11/10/1997; 700+ words
; ...ROCKY HILL, Conn., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ames Department Stores (Nasdaq: AMES) across the northeast were turned into giant...the March of Dimes. By the end of the campaign, Ames stores raised $134,900. The discount department...
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Ames exits scene. (Spotlight).(Ames Department Stores Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: MMR; 8/26/2002; ; 700+ words
; ROCKY HILL, Conn. -- Ames Department Stores Inc.'s year-long...but the right course to take," said Ames chairman and chief executive officer Joseph...availability below critical levels." Ames had been granted $755 million in debtor...
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Ames to liquidate as pressure grows on regional chains.(Ames Department Stores)
Magazine article from: WWD; 8/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...another regional discounter. Bankrupt Ames Department Stores, which had been hoping...was a second lien on the inventory when Ames filed for Chapter 11. It was an incentive...for anyone else. I don't even know if Ames will be administratively solvent," one...
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AMES' ILLS ERASE 240 LAKE JOBS GARY, MERRILLVILLE, GRIFFITH LOCATIONS AMONG 74 TO CLOSE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 4/12/1990; 700+ words
; ...WEST LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY EDITIONS) Ames Department Stores announced Wednesday it...eliminated when three of four stores owned by Ames Department Stores Inc. are closed later...on low sales and profit performances, Ames stores in Gary, Griffith and Merrillville...
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Ames makes 'wrenching decision' to close; Regional chain's 327 stores fall victim to retail giants.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...Donna De Marco, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Ames Department Stores Inc. is shutting its...course to take," Joseph R. Ettore, Ames chairman and chief executive, said in...availability below critical levels." Ames is one of several discount retailers like...
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Ames has made big strides Dexter senior looks to cap career with 3rd state title
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 3/2/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...that 6-foot-6 senior center Mallory Ames was eligible for another year. "[Central...Eastern Maine Class C coaches can relax. Ames will play her final high school game Saturday...at the Bangor Auditorium. For six years Ames and her 6-4 sister Ashley, who graduated...
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Ames (Aldrich H.) Espionage Case
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Ames (Aldrich H.) Espionage Case █...Intelligence Agency, Aldrich "Rick" Hazen Ames became famous in 1994 as the highest paid...double agent) in United States history. Ames made millions of (US) dollars for information...
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Ames Test
Book article from: Genetics
Ames Test The Ames test is a protocol for identifying mutagenic chemical and physical agents...wide variety of cancers in humans. During the 1960s the biologist Bruce Ames developed a test that still carries his name and that is still used as...
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Ames Department Stores, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Ames Department Stores, Inc. 2418 Main Street...Exchanges: New York SICs: 5311 Department Stores Ames Department Stores, Inc., is one of the...decades of profitability and steady growth, Ames exploded in size in the 1980s when it began...
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Ames, Joseph Sweetman
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Ames, Joseph Sweetman ( b . Manchester, Vermont, 3 July 1864; d . Baltimore, Maryland, 24 June 1943) Physics. Ames ’ s father, George L. Ames, a physician, died in 1869; in 1874 his mother, Elizabeth...
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Ames, Wilmer c. 1950–1993
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Wilmer Ames c. 1950–1993 Magazine founder...the tiny seed of an idea. In 1984, Wilmer Ames, then a reporter for Time magazine, drafted...issues from an African American perspective. Ames then developed his idea further, and that...
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