Word: sac
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...November 2000, then-director David H. Pryor left vocally angry students in his wake when he disbanded the IOP’s self-selecting Student Advisory Committee (SAC) and instituted open elections for the student governing board...
When Pryor, a former Democratic senator from Arkansas, disbanded SAC in November 2000, he called for “a new day at the Institute of Politics,” saying that the SAC’s tradition of appointing its own successors was “not what democracy...
Others at the time spoke of power struggles within SAC and between students and the IOP’s professional staff, a division only exacerbated when the restructuring came without initial student input...
...alarmists, we've got cause to worry. The snakehead can exceed 3 ft. in length and will eat pretty much anything that can fit into its jaws. What's more, the Patuxent River is only 75 yds. away, and the fish--with an air sac in its digestive system that allows it to absorb oxygen, and the ability to flop its way across small stretches of muddy land--could soon wriggle into the nation's waterways...
...available only in medical studies.) The review is timely. More than 200,000 women went under the knife last year to acquire bigger breasts. That's five times the number a decade ago. And 80,000 had implants after mastectomies. What could be worrisome about a sac of salt water? Plenty, according to the FDA hearings: more than 40% of women with saline implants return to the operating room because of pain, misshapen breasts or other complications. If the implants are removed, the skin may never be the same. Should a saline implant rupture, it deflates like a popped balloon...