Word: graved
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...Syria, at the same time, there are still some grave problems. By agreeing to and upholding the ceasefire, the Syrians would reduce the chances of a confrontation with both the Palestinians and such radical Arab states as its hostile neighbor Iraq, where suspicious movement of troops last week caused Syria to shift some of its own troops to its eastern border. But Damascus will assuredly not give up its goal of preventing the Arab radicals and the P.L.O. from gaining a free hand in Lebanon and provoking a confrontation with Israel. If there seems any strong danger of that...
...commitment to human values should have any sort of connection with it. ROTC in its guise as a non-credit, extra-curricular activity is no more acceptable than in any of its previous forms. In reviving the link between Harvard and ROTC, the Faculty has committed an act of grave moral irresponsibility...
...three coronary arteries. The suggested remedy: an operation that heart surgeons humorously call "a double cabbage"-from the acronym CAB (for coronary artery bypass). Though more than 90% of the patients who undergo such operations survive at least five years, Nolen knew that any heart surgery posed grave risks. While the surgeons do their work, the heartbeat must be stopped and the blood pumped by machine. Later, the stilled heart must be jolted back to life...
...commitment to human values should have any sort of connection with it. ROTC in its guise as a non-credit, extra-curricular activity is no more acceptable than in any of its previous forms. In reviving the link between Harvard and ROTC, the Faculty has commited an act of grave moral irresponsibility...
...based on my article or on secondary sources. Lewontin's comments, however, are another matter. He is quoted as saying "[Davis] thinks blacks are mentally inferior and incompetent...[He] argues that these minority students don't have the intrinsic ability to become doctors." Nothing in my article justifies this grave charge. Neither does anything else that I have said or published. I have written to Professor Lewontin demanding an immediate and full retraction. Bernard D. Davis Lehman Professor of Bacterial Physiology