Word: crucially
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...Fabius, Herv? and Dufoix are accused of delaying the implementation of mandatory blood screening, even though government scientists had already vetted a test devised by Abbot, an American company. Delaying the final approval of that test was seen as a way to give a French company, Diagnostics-Pasteur, a crucial head start for its own product in what was expected to become a lucrative market. The fact that Fabius's health adviser at the time was a former Pasteur administrator didn't help appearances...
Those behind the gun lawsuits argue that holding gun companies accountable for gun-related deaths would be tantamount to holding car companies liable for production flaws that cause accidents for food producers that poison customers with spoiled goods. The crucial difference is that gun-related deaths are not caused by flaws in the product; they result from either accidental or intentional misuse of fully functional guns. What anti-gun legislation attempts to do is more analogous to holding car companies liable for hit-and-run deaths or fatal car wrecks...
Harvard is the only ECAC team to clinch a playoff berth, but these games are crucial to winning and Ivy title. To help the Tigers at bay Saturday afternoon, Ruggiero will stay behind to play Princeton...
...season, let alone against the Eagles, the Crimson went down 10 at halftime in front of a rambunctious road crowd, yet managed to grit out a one-point win at the horn. Clemente played four minutes late in the second half and scored six points on a pair of crucial three-pointers...
Thus, the role of Butterfly is crucial. Whenshe is first wed to Pinkerton, Butterfly is only15 years of age. This is not to say that she wascompletely naive of the world. Rather, as thestory goes, Butterfly is forced into geisha-hoodbecause of the poverty inflicted upon her familyafter her father's death. So on many levels, oneimportant challenge to the vocalist is thejuxtaposition of the innocent child and therealistic woman...