Word: defectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...added that, despite the pressures, creativity in Russian literature had not been extinguished. "It really never occurs to them," he said, "that a writer who thinks differently from the majority of society represents an asset to that society, and not a disgrace or a defect...
...Chinese felt that if a defector was more important to the Americans than talking to China, then the U.S. must not have been too interested in negotiation anyway. There are several unknowns in this interpretation which may, in themselves, be answers. Was it only coincidence that Liao chose to defect barely a month before the Warsaw talks were to begin? Was it only chance that the clash with Soviet forces on the Ussuri River occurred searcely a week and a half after Peking had cancelled the negotiations, that is, only a short time after Moscow could be reasonably certain Sino...
Magdalena Vozaites, 5, is the daughter of a Greek immigrant family living in Daly City, Calif. The victim of a birth defect that prevented her from resisting infection, Maggie has had illness as her constant companion since infancy. During one 18-month period, she was hospitalized nine times with serious infections, including pneumonia. It was questionable whether she would survive childhood...
Last month, Ammann tried the operation again on Matthew Octavio of Petaluma, four weeks old, who suffered from an immune defect that had killed six of his cousins. He was sent home, then returned to hospital with a possible respiratory infection, which the transplant might help him to overcome...
...appointments, if the Houses should take on a more academic role. Others worry about the possible exclusiveness of House-based courses. But most students and many faculty members regret the dichotomy that remains between the two aspects of college life and feel that ways lie open to remedy this defect and also to make better use of the great investment that has gone into the Houses already...