Word: means
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...motorcycle accident and that just got me out of the whole thing, 'cause I didn't care anymore. As it stands now, I could write a book. But I'm gonna write it first, and then give it to them. You know what I mean...
...only from cell tests ("Pap smears") but also from many other factors. And in pursuing their search for the causes of the disease, they are amassing evidence suggesting that many, perhaps most cases of uterine cancer are triggered by a common virus transmitted during sexual contact. This does not mean that uterine cancer is either an "infectious" or "venereal" disease in the usual sense; but it does suggest measures by which the disease might, to a great extent, be prevented...
SPRINKEL: Arm twisting can prevent certain prices from going up, or even force them down. The Government has lots of ways of forcing businessmen to act as it prefers. But does that mean that it really contributes to controlling inflation? Is there any reason to believe that less total spending will occur as a result of reducing any particular price in the economy? My answer is no. If we spend less in one area, we are likely to spend more in another area...
...ordinary detective is a hunk of merchandise, like a gun and bullets. Anybody with enough small change can buy him. Philip Marlowe is the exception. "Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean," wrote Chandler, "who is neither tarnished nor afraid." Trading on the name, the Marlowe makers have banished fear, but they forgot to remove the tarnish...
...Records are fun to look at, but they don't mean much. My position on soccer is that we're not out to win games. My job is to teach the guys discipline, the value of friendship, how to work with other human beings. to respect other people's opinions, and to get real enjoyment out of soccer," he said...