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...traditional values on the other. The list of such subjects is long. It includes everything from test-tube conception to right-to-die legislation, insider trading to South African sanctions. In many cases, despite detailed coverage and full public discussion of opposing views, urgent moral and philosophical questions linger and continue to trouble the American conscience...
...Students] used to come in at [5:40 p.m.] and stay until 7:30 p.m. Now they don't linger," said dining hall checker Barbara McCarthy...
...herpes family member that causes infectious mononucleosis, follows a similar strategy, though its hiding place is not in the nerves but in the B cells, the very cells that make antibodies to viruses. In contrast to the dormant staying power of herpes viruses, the persistent hepatitis B virus can linger in the liver for decades while continuing to multiply. Those who are infected as infants, as many newborns in China, Southeast Asia and Africa are, almost always become lifelong carriers. "The virus doesn't do much damage for a long time," says Jesse Summers of the Fox Chase Cancer Center...
...Pusey called in the police, an action which will linger in his memory for the rest of his years. "Although it was going to be painful and very, very difficult and there were going to be many unhappy people, the thing to do was cut it off quick and then for about a week there would be a terrible explosion. But that would be the end of it, and that's what happened...
...many other analysts doubt that OPEC's plan will work. Even if members abide by the agreement, they are fighting a formidable oil glut. Some 200 million unsold barrels of oil linger on the market today, and the inventory has been building at the rate of 2 million bbl. a day. Despite the cutbacks, some experts argue, there would still be a surplus that would depress prices...