Word: inserted
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That substitute motion, by the way, replaced one proposing that the Gay Students Association (GSA) be allowed to insert its pamphlet, entitled "What You Should Know About Sex. . . Between Members of the Same," into next semester's student registration packet. A member of CHUL brought it before the committee at the request of the GSA, which several weeks ago had asked Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III for permission to include the pamphlet in February's packets. Epps had fished around for a little while before finding a rule saying that, despite past "mistakes" and "exceptions," student organizations...
...only asking the administration to "advocate tolerance and diversity," as Robert J. Kiely, master of Adams House, said at the CHUL meeting. Epps, Law, et al. can still do that by allowing the GSA to insert its pamphlet into the official packets; CHUL is technically an advisory body--the administrators have the final say. But it seems that University Hall is content to overlook its prerogative; unfortunately, the bureaucracy probably won't bother to look it up in the rules...
Recombinant DNA, or gene splicing, is a kind of modern alchemy. Scientists obtain DNA for a desired product, such as human insulin, and insert it into the DNA of a laboratory strain of a common intestinal bacterium. The bacterium, following directions from the new DNA, then produces the insulin. Scientists believe that the technique can be used to form a number of healthcare, agricultural and industrial products more cheaply and easily than ever before (see MEDICINE...
There are as many schools of acupuncture as psychology, and each has its own history, traditions and even needles. Some use contact points while others insert heavier needles two to three millimeters into the skin. It is an anaesthetic and a therapy for thousands, yet it remains more of an art than a science
Inflation adjustments are now creeping into other areas of American society. Atlanta landlords, for example, insert COLA clauses in office leases. Divorce settlements often contain a clause that increases child support and alimony payments according to rises in the CPI. California and a few other states have indexed their income taxes. This automatically raises the amount of earnings covered by each tax bracket, thus keeping tax rates the same even though inflation-bloated incomes are increasing...