Word: defect
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...stood up more manfully to the Bushies. We have no doubt of his pip-pip contempt for the primitive politics of his slightly dim-witted American cousins. This attitude is fun. And it makes us squirm. But attitude is not insight. We leave Stuff Happens thinking that the chief defect of American politics is its lack of sly and worldly Oxbridge graduates of the kind serving Blair. At one point in the play, a Yank says to a British official that 9/11 forever changed America. Yes, he replies, it made it more stupid. Maybe so. But something more than stupidity...
...anthropology department sort of functioned for quite some time as a loose federation of social anthropology, biological anthropology, and archeology,” Haig said. “So I think in some sense [the proposal] is just a recognition of the defect that exists in the Department of Anthropology...
...newly created stem-cell lines is genetically identical to one of Hwang's patients. That means any new tissue derived from that patient's cell line can be injected into that individual without triggering an immune reaction. If researchers can figure out how to fix the original defect, they may someday be able to generate replacement tissue that is custom designed to treat the patient's condition. Or at least that's the dream. No one knows yet whether those stem cells can be safely used in people...
Indeed, a year ago, students from Eastern Europe dominated the governing board of Woodbridge. With no other large cultural organizations to defect to, these students embraced the umbrella society—sometimes to the discomfort of other members...
Although there are as yet no long-term studies of children who have undergone the treatment, the benefits appear to greatly outweigh the risks. According to the CDC, antiretroviral-drug therapy can lead to premature birth or mitochondrial misfunction, a lethal defect, but such problems are extremely rare...