Word: hashing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...problem is that once you start shading the cloning question--giving an ethical O.K. to one hypothetical and a thumbs-down to another--you begin making the sort of ad hoc hash of things the Supreme Court does when it tries to define pornography. Suppose you could show that the baby who was created to provide marrow for her sister would forever be treated like a second-class sibling--well cared for, perhaps, but not well loved. Do you prohibit the family from cloning the first daughter, accepting the fact that you may be condemning her to die? Richard McCormick...
...hash in here," she said. "I'm completely kidding. That's probably the only quote that you guys will print from...
...being overwhelmed by mismatched home furnishings, clashing car interiors, repellent fashion combinations--in short, a crisis of widespread bad taste. Thus was the CMG born, and ever since, a small army of colorists has congregated twice a year to bring order out of chaos. In closed caucuses, members hash out the social and political trends affecting future tastes, then produce the 15 color "directions" that will appear everywhere three years hence...
...water level rose, the house's kitchen staff--bearing omelets and hash browns--made its way to neighboring houses. Hungry students followed...
...disagreed rather passionately--we took a vote at the end and accepted the majority decision. This vote-taking, and the "campaigning" leading up to each vote, can seem to be irrelevant to the volunteerism occurring within programs; in reality, however, it serves as a forum for reflection. As we hash out opinions on different issues, we are articulating our views of PBHA and thinking of ways to better support programs as they deliver services. Likewise, the sometimes mismanaged bureaucracy in PBHA is, on closer view, reflective of a tension between student creativity and the need for professional systemization in running...