Word: loses
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...have come at the expense of some opposed to donation. Organ donations is a moral gift to society because of the way it is now administered. We now treat the donation as an act of pure benevolence. Should this image be tainted in any way, organ donation will lose respectability in the eyes of the public--the same public which supplies the gift. In the long run, the plan could precipitate a marked decrease in donations...
...among other law-enforcement agencies and was forced to backpedal. He announced later that he would still demolish ATF but assign its agents to the U.S. Secret Service. ATF agents, who saw the shift as conferring instant prestige, loved the idea; the N.R.A., however, realized it was about to lose one of its best fund-raising assets. Suddenly the N.R.A. rode to ATF's rescue, blocking its demise. The reversal drew an acid appraisal from New Jersey Representative William Hughes, who accused the association of retreating because the Secret Service "might actually take the functions seriously...
...acknowledge that it could mean only one thing: he and his colleagues had created a new form of matter, predicted by Albert Einstein more than 70 years ago but never before seen on earth. Called a Bose-Einstein condensate, it is a kind of "superatom," in which individual atoms lose their separate identities and merge into a single entity...
...lose our kids to cyberporn, free speech won't matter. NANCY JEAN KELLY Elkhart, Indiana...
Senator Barbara Boxer said she'd force a vote to order public hearings on chargesSenator Bob Packwoodhas sexually harassed numerous women since 1969. Boxer, a feisty California Democrat, took to the Senate floor asserting, "We irrevocably lose the people's respect by sweeping our problems under the committee room rug." But Ethics Committee Chairman Mitch McConnell, who could but hasn't ordered such hearings, shot back "Perhaps everyone needs a cooling-off period." Other Republicans threatened to pursue harassment charges against Democratic SenatorsEdward Kennedyand Tom Daschle unless Boxer relents. Republicans say Boxer has been hypocritical on the hearings issue...