The cell pellet was treated with 0.5 mL 0.25 M metaphosphoric acid on ice for 5 min to deproteinate the sample.

We show an individual's pivotability is a weakly increasing function of his rank.

But I am Pestilence;—hither and thither I flit about, that I may slay and smother;— All lips which I have kissed must surely wither, But Death’s—if thou art he, we’ll go to work together!

LIL WAYNE (Sunday) This show at the Beacon Theater is advertised as the first live appearance in New York of Lil Wayne, the New Orleans rap star who made his name as a nonswearing teenage gangsta and is now a veteran hitmaker with a quick, sly (and dirty) tongue.