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Website: The website for this campaign, kahllidforschoolboard.com, appears to be inactive.

For instance, in the Drosophila fly, the TrxT and dhd genes, which belong to the germline -- that is, they participate in the formation of sperm and eggs, respectively -- should be inactive in the brain.

Testing has shown those viral fragments to be inactive — neutralized by the pasteurization process.

Asked by the director what message he would have for the Russian people should he be killed, he said it should be that: “Evil is only able to proliferate if good people do nothing, so don’t be inactive.”

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. So don’t be inactive,” he added, before giving a wry smile.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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