Word: hometown
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...influence of patient groups, particularly their success in persuading Congress to micromanage research. In the past, elected officials were reluctant to give detailed directions to scientists. But for aggressive patient lobbyists, the lawmakers were an easy target. Activism on the front lines of medical research plays well to the hometown constituency. Now attached to every check from Congress is a growing list of what the NIH must do -- even while the total allocation remains roughly the same. The only way for the NIH to follow Congress's orders is to eliminate existing programs and transfer the resources. This year...
...doubts last year as to my suitability as a prefect. "I don't bounce," I said to a good friend who is a veteran prefect. "I'm not an irrepressibly cheerful person and I find it difficult to be enthusiastic about anything except my hometown...
...foliage/But I'm not coming back." On "Slash Your Tires," the message isn't any happier: "And all your fears/ It's nothing new/And all your tears/ They won't help you." Wareham laments a lot: a past girlfriend in "Time," fake politeness in "Smile," his barren hometown in "Goodbye," a lover he can't satisfy in "Anesthe...
...know one Harvard woman who was date raped here on campus, another who was raped in her hometown, and others who have been sexually harassed. I remember the two sexual assaults that happened in the Quad last spring. I've heard about the alleged rapes in the Pi Eta Club in 1986 and 1988, respectively, that led to the closing of that fine establishment. And I've also listened to many women complain that they are afraid to walk alone at night through the Cambridge Commons and other parts of campus...
...northwest Bosnian village of Kozarac, 50 miles from their hometown, life is hard for Zamaklaar's mother, father, grandmother, sister and brother. They have no income, and local Serbian dinar notes, one of three currencies circulating in Bosnia, are all but worthless. "They don't know anybody here. They just sit in the house all day and think about what happened to them," said Zamaklaar...