Word: conferency
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...same right to life possessed by the older fetus and the newborn baby. The editorial should have explored developmental differences between the first-trimester fetus and the third-trimester fetus, arguing that such differences create a relevant distinction between the two beings. Does consciousness, a heartbeat or something else confer rights upon the older fetus? This is the issue at the core of the abortion debate. --John Bronsteen...
...Knowing the limits of comfort, [students] know that success will not confer intrinsic worth," Steinberg says...
...Like its chemical cousin vitamin A, beta carotene--which is found in carrots, squash and leafy, dark-green vegetables--seems to act like a biochemical broom, sweeping out of the body toxins that can trigger cancerous growth and heart problems. Could taking pills with extra doses of the compound confer some of the same benefits? Millions of vegetable-hating Americans hoped so. Urged on by promotions of the vitamin industry, the public spent $75 million last year on beta-carotene supplements...
...mood that even Louis Farrakhan couldn't spoil. For the Nation of Islam leader who organized the march, its chief purpose may have been to simply prove that he was the man who could make it happen; he would then capitalize on the prominence he hoped it would confer. For most of those who attended, however, the main point was comradeship, pride and rededication to a few core values. The march was also a partial antidote to what may be a creeping sense of despair among African Americans. In a TIME/CNN poll conducted last week, 56% of blacks questioned...
...UNITED NATIONS TURNED 50 this year, and in a historic gathering, more than 100 heads of state and government will celebrate the occasion next week. But as the potentates confer, socialize and speechify at U.N. headquarters and around Manhattan, some clouds will hang over the proceedings. If the U.N. is ever to solve the world's problems, it had better first solve its own, and it has plenty...