Word: effective
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...Catholic moral theology, abortion is permissible only when the mother's life is clearly jeopardized, as by an extra-uterine pregnancy. Under the principle of "double effect," a morally evil action (the abortion) is allowable when it is the side effect of a morally good one (saving the woman's life...
Medina's opinion virtually commands Judge McLean to enjoin the reclassification of Demonstrators Shortt and Wolff, provided they can meet the federal-law requirement and prove injury of more than $10,000. The effect is to bar the draft as a weapon against dissent. It is, of course, still a crime to evade the draft, Medina explained. But the First Amendment forbids draft boards to "punish these students by reclassifying them 1-A because they protested as they did over the Government's involvement in Viet...
...simple question, such as "Where shall I put the bookcases?" Whereupon Pinter, she says, "makes a long theatrical pause," and finally announces, "Against the wall." Their common preoccupation is their nine-year-old son Daniel, who has not seen Daddy's plays but has read Homecoming-to what effect...
...that the worst is still to come. Melioidosis has the unpleasant ability to lie dormant in a victim for as long as six years. When it flares up, death occasionally follows within a few days or weeks. The "Vietnamese time bomb," as it has been grimly nicknamed, can be effectively treated by Chloromycetin. The drug, which is used against typhoid, must be given in large doses for at least a month. The prolonged period is essential but not without risk of side effects (including possibly fatal anemia). Since little or no effect is noted at the beginning of treatment...
...several active ingredients, two containing substances of a type found in brain tissue and another chemically similar to "psychic energizers." So, by centuries-old accident, the Piaroa anticipated modern psychiatrists who only recently discovered that by using several classes of drugs together, they can achieve a synergistic effect-one that is greater than the sum of the separate components. The effects of paricá are little known; no one but the tribal medicine man is allowed to use it, and his state can only be described as one of intoxication in which he stammers confused words...