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a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon
one milligram of ricin can kill an adult
How To Use ricin In A Sentence
- The trend toward à la carte pricing - once the hallmark of no-frills, low-cost carriers - has in recent years been adopted by the legacy airlines, and will likely continue in 2009, as carriers try to boost what they call ancillary revenue. Latest News
- One of the problems with this kind of pricing is that it has a tendency to hammer the less profitable stores or chains, such as Borders. September « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
- So their reluctance to underwrite credit risk ought to affect the pricing and availability of loans.
- The results show a huge increase in pricing across many cities. The Sun
- Unless they get something in return - like the abolition of car tax - road pricing could turn into road rage. The Sun
- Castor oil comes from the bean but so does a powerful skin irritant, and a deadly poison called ricin.
- Inside the flat, police found traces of ricin, castor oil beans and equipment for crushing the beans.
- The irritating lack of clarity about who holds what amount of debt has led to some ridiculous underpricing of risk. Times, Sunday Times
- Or on the other hand, from the governments' perspective should piracy be viewed as a handy but deniable mechanism for pressuring the software company's pricing downwards?
- Market timing occurs when traders make rapid in-and-out trades in unit trusts to take advantage of pricing inefficiencies.