By 2012, 26 varieties herbicide-resistant GM maize were authorised for import into the European Union ,.

According to the authors, " Our analysis clearly reveals for the 3 GMOs new side effects linked with GM maize consumption, which were sex-and often dose-dependent.

Other key executives responsible for the company's meteoric growth in the late 80s and early 90s were Ross A. Cooley, another former IBM associate, who served for many years as SVP of GM North America ; Michael Swavely, who was the company's chief marketing officer in the early years, and eventually ran the North America organization, later passing along that responsibility to Mr. Cooley, when Swavely retired.

Special pennants bearing the No. 3 were distributed to everyone at the track to honor Earnhardt, and the Childress team wore blank uniforms out of respect, something which disappeared quickly and was soon replaced by the previous GM Goodwrench Service Plus uniforms.

Many fans and media were beginning to blame Jerry Jones for the team's ills, noting that he refused to hire a strong coach or general manager, preferring to hire coaches who did not want to be involved with personnel duties so that Jones himself, as GM, could manage them.

Several delegates supported the subcommittee recommendations, including GM Miguel Najdorf who felt that existing regulations were leading to an inflation of international titles.

Seventy-four GM titles were awarded in 1951 through 1968.

During that period, ten GM titles were awarded in 1965, but only one in 1966 and in 1968.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the single most important carrier of dengue fever, were reduced by 80 % in a 2010 trial of these GM mosquitoes in the Cayman Islands.

In 1998, General Motors ( GM ) purchased the brand name and marketed three vehicles: the original Hummer H1, based on the Humvee ; and the H2 and H3 models that were based on smaller, civilian-market GM platforms.

There were reports that Sichuan Tengzhong might pursue the purchase of the Hummer brand from GM by purchasing it privately through the company's new J & A Tengzhong Fund SPC, a private equity investment fund owned by an offshore entity that was recruiting private investors to buy into its acquisition plan.

* General Motors Shreveport Operations, Shreveport, Louisiana – in 2005, to accommodate the production of the H3, an additional were added to plant built by GM in 1981.

Susan had the distinction of being the first woman to earn the GM title by achieving three GM norms and rating over 2500 as previous female GMs, Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze, were awarded the title by winning the Women's World Championship.

Going into the last round four players, Polgár, Khalifman, Karpov and Gilberto Milos were tied, but Polgár won her game over Braziliam GM Milos while Khalifman and Karpov played against each other in a draw.

The tournament, of 393 players of which 167 were Grandmasters, was won by Russian Vladimir Potkin on tie-break, GM Radosław Wojtaszek won the silver, while Polgár placed third, winning the bronze.

Monts oversaw the design of the Brandenburg class battleship, four of which were constructed by 1894 at a cost of 16 million GM each and displacement of 10, 000 tons.

Five battleships of the Wittelsbach class, were constructed from 1899 to 1904 at a cost of 22 million GM per ship.

Five ships of the Braunschweig class were built between 1901 and 1906 for the slightly greater 24 million GM each.

Two ships of the Prinz Adalbert class were commissioned in 1904, followed by two similar Roon class commissioned in 1905 and 1906, at costs around 17 million GM each.

The ships were all completed by 1910, over budget, averaging 37. 4 million GM each.

Four Kolberg class cruiser were produced between 1907 and 1911 at 4, 400 tons and around 8 million GM each.

Four battleships of the Helgoland class were laid down in 1909 – 1910, with displacements of 22, 800 tons, twelve 30. 5 cm guns in 6 turrets, reciprocating engines generating a maximum speed of 21 knots, and a price tag of 46 million GM.

Under the hood, the 455-cubic-inch V8 was retained as standard equipment, but featured a lower compression of 8. 5 to 1 compared to 10. 25 to 1 in 1970 as part of a GM corporate mandate requiring all engines to run on 91 Research octane regular leaded, low-lead or unleaded gasolines.

It turned out that the Chevrolet rumor was false and consumers disliked the smaller Plymouth and Dodge cars introduced for 1962, the styling of which was bizarre compared to more sedate Ford and GM products.

GM began with a substantially different bottom end when compared with its gasoline cousin.

The major differences of the Buick 350 when compared to other GM V8's are deep skirt block construction, higher nickel-content cast iron, external oil pump, under square bore sizing, crank main journals, and connecting rods.

GM commercials have compared it to seatbelts and airbags, as the next major technology for safe driving.

In 1978, Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili became the first woman to receive the GM title, by a special decision of FIDE.

Since the first commercial cultivation of genetically modified plants in 1996, they have been modified to be tolerant to the herbicides glufosinate and glyphosate, to be resistant to virus damage as in Ringspot virus-resistant GM papaya, grown in Hawaii, and to produce the Bt toxin, an insecticide that is documented as non-toxic to mammals.

The GM is typically the one to organize the game in the first place, find players, schedule sessions, and figure out a place to play, as well as acting as a mediator and having to balance the needs and desires of all participants — sometimes having to divine the real desires of indecisive or self-deluded players.

Both GM and Ford provided studies to the Australian Government outlining the production of the first Australian designed car.

In October 1988, Polgár finished first in a 10-player round-robin tournament in London, scoring 7 – 2, for a half point lead over Israeli GM Yair Kraidman.

Going into the last round Polgár needed only a draw to achieve the GM title, but she won her game against GM Tibor Tolnai to win first place with six points in nine games.

Russian GM Evgeny Bareev, at the time ranked eighth in the world, led going into tournament's last round, but was crushed by Polgár in their individual game allowing her to share first.

In October 2001, she tied for first with GM Loek van Wely in the Essent Tourney in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands.

Finally in 1911, trials with aircraft began and in 1912 Tirpitz agreed to purchase the first dirigible for naval reconnaissance at a cost of 850, 000 GM.

In his first official trade as GM, he shocked Giants fans by trading Matt Williams to Cleveland for what newspapers referred to as a ' bunch of spare parts ', with the negative reaction being great enough for him to have to publicly explain: " I didn't get to this point by being an idiot ...

Soon after, General Motors began offering automatic seat belts, first on the Chevrolet Chevette, but by early 1979 the VW Rabbit and the Chevette were the only cars to offer the safety feature, and GM was reporting disappointing sales.

The first turbine powered car built in the US was the GM Firebird I which began evaluations in 1953.

This one-day event, directed by Damian Nash, saw a first place tie between GM Larry Kaufmann and FM Mark Duckworth.

In 2001, Lékó became the first Fischer Random Chess world champion, defeating GM Michael Adams in an eight-game match played as part of the Mainz Chess Classic.

It also defeats grandmaster Bent Larsen, making it the first computer to beat a GM in a tournament.

For the first time since the 1920s, its earnings had exceeded those of arch rival General Motors ( GM ).

One of their first moves was to hire former Detroit coach and GM Tommy Ivan as general manager.

* 1945 – 1950 – GM car plant and development of neighboring Panorama City ( Valley's first mall ) define the post WWII " suburban boom " that spread west, filling up the San Fernando Valley, and challenged Van Nuys ' primacy as " Valley center ".

If a GM tube is exposed to a steady radiation source and the applied voltage increased from zero, at first the count rate increases rapidly ; at a certain voltage the rate of increase flattens out ( only changing a few per cent for every 100 volts increase ).

He chose to wear the Reds cap at his induction in honor of former GM Bob Howsam, who gave Anderson his first chance at a major-league managing job.

The rebirth of the former GM Assembly Plant site became the first of several large development projects.