ASPER


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ASPERAssistant Secretary for Personnel Administration
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asper and Crotalus basiliscus obtained from specimens collected in Mexico and kept at the serpentarium of BIRMEX.
Preclinical efficacy against toxic activities of medically relevant Bothrops sp. (Serpentes: Viperidae) snake venoms by a polyspecific antivenom produced in Mexico
Bothrops asper reaches range-wide distributional limits in Tamaulipas.
Distribution of Bothrops asper in Tamaulipas, Mexico and a review of prey items
During the meal, Asper noticed a man at a nearby table clutching at his throat, obviously choking, while his son tried to dislodge the offending morsel from his airway.
It's a life-saver
What Asper has been able to do is create a vaccine prototype to protect cattle against a number of non-O157 STEC bacteria that are responsible for human outbreaks of disease around the world.
New cattle vaccine may make food, water safer for human consumption
The Harper-in-a-helicopter scene from Marc Edge's book, Asper Nation: Canada's Most Dangerous Media Company, is metaphor for CanWest Global's complex identity as until recently a very successful corporation, while at the same time a vehicle for the Asper family's neo-liberal campaigns against the welfare state and the centre-left Canadian consensus.
Marc Edge, Asper Nation: Canada's Most Dangerous Media Company
2005) suggested that Bothrops asper is dominant over smaller and ecologically less versatile pit vipers, often displacing them by means of competitive exclusion.
A prey item not previously recorded for Bothrops asper: a case of ophiophagy involving two sympatric pit viper species/Una presa de Bothrops asper no reportada previamente: un caso de ofiofagia que involucra dos especies simpatricas de viboras
Once Asper removes her blinders, she might try to explain how there can be a viable second state, an undivided Palestine.
Debate on Israel continues ..
Yes, even a careful reviewer may inadvertently start to insert himself into the literary scenery, remembering a cold rural Manitoba morning several decades ago when he first met Izzy Asper.
Moguls of Winnipeg: two books examine the controversial Asper media legacy
Asper was also embroiled in a number of lawsuits over the years, including ones against former business partners and an ongoing one against film producer Robert Lantos.
Asper dominated Canuck media
The above was written prior to the Asper family's dismissal of Ottawa Citizen publisher Russell Mills.
The war of the windbags. (Offensive Lines)
On January 5, journalist Stephen Kimber stopped writing a column for the Halifax Daily News because of editorial interference from the paper's owners, Can West Global Communications of Winnipeg, in other words the Asper family.
The media and freedom of the press. (Editor)
Boss Alex Ferguson has been checking Mattias Asper, AIK Stockholm's 6ft 5in keeper.
Football: Bullock Holds Up Craig Deal
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