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...That drawback, if such it can be called, need not confront advisors to the government of South Africa--which is hardly democratic, much less limited by the rule of law. As everyone knows, most South Africans are blocked from meaningful political participation by their skin color; most liberal opposition has been silenced; and the government's executive power is reinforced by draconian security laws...
...drug has one drawback. Since reinfection can always occur, most victims of onchocerciasis will have to take ivermectin for life. That is a small price to pay. Notes Hugh Taylor, a researcher at Johns Hopkins who has tested the drug in Senegal: "After treatment, people come up to me and say, 'Look how beautiful my skin is -- and no itching...
...major drawback of computer models is that the various data do not necessarily behave as a system. Coaxing ocean currents to interact with the atmosphere is no small matter. For starters, oceans heat and cool far more slowly than the atmosphere. "We've had a hard time coupling the two systems," admits Manabe. "Even though the atmospheric model and ocean model work individually, when you put them together, you get crazy things happening. It's taken us 20 years to get them together, and we're still struggling...
...boycott may have been more of a plug for the study group than a drawback, as 43 people attended Carr's introductory meeting, anunusually large crowd for a not-for-credit studysession...
...site of the injection, and perhaps a fever. Although no one can get AIDS from the vaccine, recipients who respond to the inoculation may come up positive on the AIDS antibody-screening test. Other tests, however, will show that they are not really infected by the virus. Another potential drawback: the injection could impair the response to a future, more powerful vaccine. Still, NIAID has found many willing applicants, evidently motivated by a sense of responsibility to help end the epidemic...