Word: basics
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Opponents of the proposed law, who have called it an invasion of individual rights, have gotten their arguments backward. What right is more basic: to indulge in a personal pleasure that injures anyone in the vicinity or to breathe clean air? The proposal would disallow smoking only when other people are involuntarily affected--in workplaces employers and employees could still agree to set aside areas for smoking. In places where passersby have no choice but to breathe the air, it is hardly unreasonable to prohibit an activity that presents such a known hazard to the public health...
Another important feature to consider is the method by which the paper is fed into the computer. The two basic types of paper feed are friction and tractor...
Learning about this gene and the protein it makes could help scientists understand the underlying mechanisms that go awry when Alzheimer's strikes. Such basic insights should be valuable for tailoring a treatment or cure for the disease...
...most part, the Volcker faction has gone along with the Reaganites' contention that the economy needs some juice. "There is a broad consensus on monetary policy on the board right now," says Johnson. For the past three months the governors have let the basic money supply grow at a 16% annual rate -- much faster than the 3%-to-8% target range that the Fed originally set for this year. That accommodating policy has allowed the growth rate in the gross national product to bounce up from .6% in the second quarter to 2.4% in the July-September period...
...Republican gains could provide the party with significant organizational strength for the 1988 presidential campaigns. But as New Hampshire Republican Governor John Sununu notes, "The easiest way to build up party structure is to hold the statehouses." And at this more basic level, Democrats picked up about 180 state legislative seats nationally, and will apparently control both chambers of the legislatures in 27 states, one more than at present. Republicans will dominate both houses in just nine states, two fewer than before...