Word: expel
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...still early enough for the pill to be used safely, which will automatically exclude many women who don't realize they are pregnant until more than 49 days after their last period. Two sets of pills are required--first mifepristone, then, two days later, misoprostol, to trigger contractions and expel the fetal tissue--and that can cause nausea, heavy bleeding and painful cramping. After about 12 days, a woman must return to the doctor to confirm that the abortion was successful...
...Driskell and Burton were left standing, but after over half the council--but not the required two-thirds--voted to expel Burton, council members had serious questions as to how effectively the two could lead the council...
Last February, a majority of the council voted to expel Vice President John A. Burton '01 for unethical campaign practices. Although the vote was short of the necessary two-thirds required to remove an elected council officer, it signified a vote of no confidence in Burton. The appropriate response by Burton would have been resignation. Instead, the distrust between council members who voted for "impeachment" and the administration of Fentrice D. Driskell '01 only deepened...
...when they were working against one another. If MTV's The Real World taught us anything, it's that people are most engrossing making love or war. War's easier, so conflict was built in; castaways were selected for "strong personalities" (read: potential clashes), and they periodically voted to expel members. The last one left--picked by expelled players--wins $1 million. As for love, Burnett suspects that some contestants snuck away for a little vine swingin'. But, he says, "we were more interested in relationships in how they affected the group." Uh-huh. Judging by a preview shown...
...violence, this response isn't borne out by the numbers." To wit: The chance of getting killed in school is one in 2 million, while seven out of 10 people think that school shootings are possible in their neighborhood. "Schools' main response to public perceptions of crime is to expel and suspend more children," says Jason Ziedenberg of the Justice Policy Institute. "The way to rehabilitate a kid is not to take away his education. Anybody who thinks about it will realize that...