By decoding microbial DNA, drug researchers hoped to pinpoint key proteins that could be gummed up with novel druglike chemicals.

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Such novel proteins may also hold the key to explaining Vibrio cholerae's great mystery: how a free-floating marine microorganism can turn into such a killer.

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Creativity, when it involves the production of something both novel and useful, is a key factor in giving a company or, in my world, a brand, the competitive advantage.

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That's because there's a key scene in "Breaking Dawn, " the fourth novel in Stephenie Meyer's series, that fans hope will not be taken the wrong way by mainstream audiences.

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In Key West, he told about writing "Morality Play, " a novel set in 14th-century England, about a traveling troupe of players that put on Bible plays.

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"The Glass Key" (1942), based on Dashiell Hammett's 1931 novel, was the second film made from this influential book, in which organized crime and big-city politics are cozy bedfellows.

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They are key players in their organizations who take the time to assess the group and the situation to come up with novel solutions.

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