Word: genericism
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...backed down, however, on his earlier refusal to allow the Biharis to be repatriated to Pakistan. "There's no problem of repatriation of Bengalis from here," he said. "And there's no problem to negotiate the future of the unfortunate [Biharis] who are now known by the generic name of non-Bengalis. But we cannot open the floodgates and say send as many as you want." Matching Bhutto's softening positions, India released 438 P.O.W.s on medical grounds and Pakistan freed 479 Bengalis...
Part of my affection for Macdonald derives from shared interests: We are both fascinated by little children, beautiful women, unsolved murders, rich neurotics, and that strange socio-geographic area which goes under the generic rubric of Southern California. How could I help but love Sleeping Beauty, when Macdonald has sprinkled it so generously with all these ingredients...
...pharmacist at Shepard Drug said that the varying prices are a result of the extra services the more expensive pharmacies provide, and the differences in the quality of generic, or non-brand name, drugs. "Your own doctor," he said, "would object to his family taking cheap generic drugs...
...Briant L. Decker, physician to UHS, said yesterday. "The ultimate price you pay for a generic drug does not reflect its quality, but rather what the pharmacist wishes to charge. With a few exceptions, there are no differences among generic drugs...
...comparable plant in Switzerland.) What makes this problem especially troublesome is the fact that the fuel rods are among the most thoroughly tested part of any nuclear plant. The damage therefore probably cannot be traced to the simplest explanation: shoddy workmanship. Instead, it may have a more serious, generic cause: the rods, designed for and proved in a previous generation of smaller reactors, may simply not stand the higher pressures and temperatures of today's big reactors. Even so, the rods do not pose an imminent hazard to public safety-except in the unlikely even of a failure...