Word: by-product
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...aiding-a rebellious rump group in Dubcek's party leadership, and failed. Or they might have decided, after watching post-Cierna Czechoslovakia, that Dubcek simply could not or did not want to deliver on their demands of holding down his reforms. Finally, the invasion could have been a by-product of a power shift inside the Kremlin, an excuse to expose the failure of the current leadership to cope with Russia's problems. If so, the change need not necessarily appear immediately; Brezhnev and Co. might have to repair their mistakes before stepping down...
Kasperak rallied through most of the week. But then he suffered a serious setback. Because of his poor liver function, an excess of bilirubin (a by-product of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in blood) began to build up in his system, and doctors scheduled another massive transfusion to remove impurities from his blood. Through it all, the one organ that consistently worked best was his acquired heart...
...suppose this is more the by-product of Peace Corps experience than a reason many students have to enter the Peace Corps. A more common but perhaps not unrelated reason is the increasing restlessness which one can observe among able and sensitive students, many of whom have been pursuing their studies under considerable pressure from about the sixth grade onward. At Harvard College, about seven-eighths of the students go on to some form of graduate or professional work; but at present, close to a fifth of the students drop out at some point for a term or more. They...
...some-times been argued, this is not double jeopardy, but a reflection of the fact that you are both a student and a citizen and have responsibilities as well as rights in both capacities: Harvard is an educational institution and its disciplinary procedures are an ancillary if necessary by-product. We want you to be fully aware of our grave view of this situation, and if this letter does not make this wholly clear to you, please come in and talk with...
...by-product of court watching, the women learned that many youthful offenders were unaware of the laws they were breaking. The Crusaders translated 18 Indiana statutes that apply to minors into layman's language, published a booklet entitled What Is the Law? and distributed it last spring to 2,600 public and parochial schools. Learning that 90% of juvenile crimes were committed by school dropouts, Crusade volunteers contacted the youngsters, found donors to provide them with everything from tutoring to lunch money...