Word: byproducts
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...Rather than seeing himself as inherently aligned with the West, Putin is willing to challenge the U.S. on issues ranging from Iran to Hamas. Nor is Russia's reluctance to support the U.S.-European strategy of threatening sanctions against Iran simply a byproduct of narrow concerns over its own investments there. Instead, it reflects a view that U.S. influence is inimical to Moscow's own interests, particularly in the former Soviet states. Curbing that influence has become a goal in and of itself - though aligning with Iran, another powerful oil producer, substantially increases Russia's potential influence, particularly in Asia...
...Some students do legitimately need professional help to maintain mental wellness. But in the cases of most Harvard students, a moderate level of depression is not surprising. Harvard students are determined, and they have an investment in success—apart from the $40,000-a-year one. The byproduct of their ambition is an unavoidable lump of negative externalities—downsizing of relationships, severe aspirations, spending a great deal of time studying in the dark corners of Widener, and stress in general. Ultimately, these unfortunate aspects can be, and usually are, outweighed by benefits. The heights of human...
...thinks otherwise is yuppie scum. The trouble with “Rent” is the face it puts on poverty. Poverty is a serious problem, not a lifestyle choice. But “Rent”’s main characters accept poverty as both a necessary byproduct of refusing to sell out and a hip way to spend one’s youth. The characters live their bohemian lives right next to a massive homeless community, but the homeless enter the film—with one exception—only as extras or in rhetoric. The makers...
...climate loonies in the States realize we've got a problem, some good will come out of a truly awful situation." JOHN LAWTON, chairman of Britain's Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, referring to those Americans who deny what he says is the reality of global warming, a byproduct of which may be increased storm intensity...
...Parenthood, in which the majority specifically declined to overrule Roe. He replied only that the Casey decision was "a precedent on a precedent." Maybe that makes it one of Specter's "super-duper precedents," but it was hard to read much into the horizontal crease in Roberts' forehead (a byproduct of the look of intense concern with which he greeted each utterance by his questioners...