Word: outgrowths
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Friends of the Family. Mosley, now 40, is a man whom Mills describes as having "a great, almost warlike hostility for criminals-a hatred that is an outgrowth of, and never overshadows, his love for the law." It is almost as if he knows, as the trial begins, that the process of law to which he has devoted his life will probably set the defendant free. First comes the jury selection. "I need twelve men who can agree unanimously that the defendants are guilty," says Mosley. But if the defense gets one man who refuses to cast a guilty vote...
Sound Assumption. Myrberg's shark-calling technique is an outgrowth of his studies of fish behavior financed by the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation. After starting his research on North Bimini in 1965, he proceeded on the assumption that fish communicate better acoustically than by sight or smell. Sound, after all, is carried farther in water than in the air, and three or four times as fast...
...that universities had been slow to respond to the concerns of students--treating them instead as children. He traced his reaction to the origins of the American university sys- tem--originally an outgrowth of secondary schools--and to an inherent American attitude towards a student: "Because he's not earning his living, he sorely lacks judgement...
...outgrowth of the CRIMSON-Yearbook controversy, representatives from major campus publications met Wednesday with Dean Glimp to discuss the effects of organizations duplicating each other's publications. Glimp stressed mutual cooperation between campus publications rather than possibly damaging competition. Another meeting will be held next Wednesday to continue the discussion...
Coperthwaite sees his interest in yurts as a natural outgrowth of his desire to develop low-cost housing and his belief that people should learn to work with their hands. "People don't usually get the pleasure of making their own food, clothing, and shelter," he said. "People who are going out to teach kids, especially, should develop their own hand skills so they can encourage the kids," he added...