Word: cancellous
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...stated reason for canceling the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was one of those rationales distinguished by the fact that just about nobody believed it. According to the network, the brothers had failed to hand over a tape of their April 6 show to CBS censors by a Wednesday deadline (TIME, April 11). When it did appear, said CBS, the tape contained a "sermonette" segment that was in poor taste. Tom Smothers pointed out that: 1) there is no Wednesday-deadline provision in the contract; 2) the tape was submitted to the CBS Los Angeles office on Wednesday anyway...
Such heavy-handed government actions cancel out the satisfactions that Brazilians might otherwise feel about the country's remarkable economic revival...
...leader, politician, entertainer. I happen to be a retiring, bookish scientist. I have never led anything more potent than a nature hike; never been more political than my vote; and even my best friends admit I am a bore. Why doesn't an airline run a horoscope and cancel a flight if it turns out bad? And then, can you see the headlines next day: "Crash Canceled-Nobody Dead...
...meal, the strength of the anticlotting factors in his blood decreases sharply within two or three hours, proportionately increasing the risk that clots may form and block veins in his legs (thrombophlebitis) or cause a heart attack by blocking coronary arteries. Was it possible, Menon wondered, that onions could cancel out this effect? Menon persuaded the cardiologists at Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle to let him test the idea with 22 volunteer patients...
Given this belief, backed up by the views of his top military advisers, Nixon ruled out the possibility that had seemed attractive to many: in effect cancel construction of Sentinel while continuing research and development to find a more dependable system. Beyond that, his choices were clear...