Word: qualm
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...Anglican Church” as reasons why the ACOI was not admitted to the UM the year before. Besides re-confirming that the UM’s membership committee knew nothing about its applicant—by reiterating the denominational concern—McLeod’s newly conjured qualm about the ACOI’s “receiving body” puzzled Father Woodruff. A receiving body of 10 Harvard students, Faculty and staff who attend the church must exist for an organization to get UM membership. According to Father Woodruff, however, his receiving body was in order...
...qualm that has been expressed about these posters is that, since miscarriages take place on campus, these posters remind women about the loss of their children. However, the heartbreak of women who have had to bear miscarriages serves as further motivation for the spread of information to other mothers who face the similar horrible fate of losing their child. No woman who has suffered a miscarriage would wish it upon another—the death of one’s baby constitutes one of the most painful experiences a mother could endure. It is for this reason that HRL works...
Emily: So, what’s your qualm about milk and eggs...
...their actual symbolic meaning, but perhaps this is not all bad either. I am certain that most people (even those who favor abortion) would strongly object to the idea of a poor little dog being shredded by a chainsaw. But there are far too many people who feel no qualm about a human fetus being impaled by a sharp hook. I think that these insensitive people must be reminded that, although a fetus may look ugly, a fetus will inevitably (that is the key word) become a cute little baby. Perhaps if some young women out there considered this fact?...
...with this argument, however, is that every definition of personhood—save the basic biological one—breaks down upon careful inspection. An embryo isn’t self-aware, sure, but neither is a 13-year-old boy in a coma. Can we kill him without qualm or sanction? An embryo can’t feel pain, admittedly—but if you give me enough drugs, neither can I. Do we excuse a murderer who first administers a merciful dose of morphine? An embryo can’t survive on its own, doubtless?...