Word: litmus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...results stunned even the researchers shows that the same statins can reverse osteoporosis--at least in rats. New bone formation increased 50% in lab animals receiving statin drugs for a month, far exceeding the effect of today's osteoporosis options, such as hormone-replacement therapy and Fosamax. The true litmus test: trials on humans, which have yet to begin...
...federal funds and turn the money over to parents in the form of vouchers, allowing them to send their kids to private school. He satisfies the right by praising conservative Supreme Court stalwarts Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas but sticks by his pledge not to use a pro-life "litmus test" in picking court nominees. And even as he promises tax cuts, a G.O.P. staple, he swears he will work hard to close the gap between society's "haves and have-nots...
Bush has tried to accomplish this goal in several ways. First he stated that he would not have an anti-abortion litmus test for any Supreme Court Justice appointments. In a speech before the Christian Coalition, where many candidates for the Republican nomination had the opportunity to speak, he carefully avoided issues of abortion, school prayer, and gay rights. The other Republican candidates who spoke at the event, Elizabeth Dole and Gary L. Bauer, both spoke more forcefully on conservative issues. Dole told the audience that organized school prayer should be allowed in public schools while Bauer said that...
...keeping the peace there. In short, it could leave KFOR's Western ground troops in the middle of a shooting war. Though the "policy shift" reported by the Post could be something of a trial balloon (the Washington Post and the New York Times are often used as litmus tests by government officials), expect it to draw some fearsome flak, either...
Hint #3: The true litmus test for tourists is escalator behavior. Natives stand to the right without fail. Tourists do not comprehend this concept...