Word: sanctioned
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They had reason for optimism. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refuses to sanction Laetrile as a cancer drug in the absence of anything but "anecdotal" evidence about its value, Indiana, Florida and Texas lawmakers have just joined Alaska in voting to allow use of the drug. Similar bills are pending in some ten other states...
...Talk to us about reconciliation,' a skeptical world says to us, 'when you yourselves are reconciled.' " Noting that in many areas of the world Anglicans and Catholics already drink from the same chalice, Coggan asked, "Has not the time, God's time, for such official sanction arrived...
Beyond that, terrorists sometimes benefit from a peculiar sanction. If they justify kidnaping or murder in the name of social justice, there is a chance that they will be excused, or at least create confusion. Says David Rapoport, professor of political science at U.C.L.A.: "This country allows acts under the guise of politics and morality that it wouldn't otherwise accept...
Conservative Strategy. In the next budget, Healey is expected to allow a limited degree of stimulus. But he cannot sanction too much until he knows whether voluntary wage controls will be in existence after July. If no Phase 3 agreement is reached, Healey warns, Britain faces "catastrophe...
...establishment on the state of their art and of health care in general. Steven R. Graubard, the journal's editor, writes that the issue is a first step towards redefining America's health problems. But the problems already have been redefined. The major obstacles to health have changed without sanction from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. While the Daedalus articles do not present any very new or unique ideas, they do collect a large body of information and respected opinion on current health problems. And it carries the tone of authority that accompanies the credentials of its contributors...