Name game.

"Named medical trials garner extra attention" (SN: 8/5/06, p. 93), I think, has it backwards. It's it's

1. Contraction of it is.

2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its.

it's it is or it has
it's be ~have not that labeled trials are more likely to be funded. Rather, well-funded, large trials are more likely to be named. We research chemists This is a list of famous chemists: (alphabetical order)

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Emil Abderhalden, (1877–1950), Swiss chemist
Richard Abegg, (1869–1910), German chemist

label only the important projects. The name makes the project easier to track and reference.

CHARLES D. SHUSTER, COLUMBUS, OHIO Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816.

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Author:	Shuster, Charles D.
Publication:	Science News
Article Type:	Letter to the editor
Date:	Oct 14, 2006
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