11.   And Oakland-based Clorox Co. has a research center in Pleasanton.

12.   And on Thursday, nuclear physicists seized on the suicide to demand that back wages be paid and that the nuclear research center receive sorely needed funds.

13.   And while American research centers once dominated this effort, they have recently fallen behind others overseas.

14.   And they are medical research centers, the places where cures are found, treatments developed, miracles realized.

15.   As an industry pioneer, Genentech has promoted itself as more of a research center than a profit-driven business.

16.   As a first step, the educators agreed to assemble an inventory of the research capabilities of all Texas colleges, research centers and universities.

17.   As darkness fell and the mountains rose higher, we grew frustrated in our search for the elusive mountain research center.

18.   As part of a federal commitment to the national effort, Clinton said he will establish an HIV vaccine research center at the National Institutes for Health.

19.   As thick and as red as tomato soup, the mixture of tiny shrimplike plankton sits in a jar at a research center here, ready to be studied.

20.   As vice president, she oversaw the vaccine research staff at Emeryville and coordinated efforts with vaccine research centers around the world.