Word: graveness
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...extremists running the show were so dug in that they let the moment pass. For the first time in decades, pro-choicers (and the much desired soccer moms) were confronted with the statistics showing that late-term abortions weren't quite so rare or performed solely in grave circumstances and that the "health of mother" exception had expanded to include numerous gauzy psychological factors. The 1973 trimester construction of Roe v. Wade seemed at odds with what our eyes could see. Viability comes sooner now (a 1991 study found that 34% of babies delivered at 24 weeks can live). Perhaps...
...situation could complicate HMC's investments in those markets, making it difficult to trade there, but Meyer adds that the situation is not grave enough for HMC to sell those securities...
...president on Thursday, a political majority which despises Bill Clinton and wants to remove him from office at any cost will have prevailed, at the expense of the integrity of the Constitution. Congress would use the constitutional procedure of impeachment as a substitute for censure. This amounts to a grave abuse of their power: To impeach Clinton this week would be to belittle the awesome mechanism our founders provided for the removal of our most powerful officer...
...most consider Fluffy and Spot members of the family. Ninety-two percent of American pet owners display pictures of their pets at home or at work. Fifty-three percent believe their animals would risk their life to save their owners. Such interspecies devotion will soon stretch beyond the grave. Two firms, including PerPETuate Inc. in Farmington, Conn., are offering services to store DNA so that a four-legged loved one can be reproduced once cloning has been perfected...
...tutors and assistant deans will now take an active role in encouraging students who may need a lawyer to hire one and will also have a memorandum available to give students accused of "very grave crimes," according to Secretary of the Faculty John...