Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first time, the government is urging everyone over age 50 to have regular screenings for colon and rectal tumors. Annual tests for blood in the stool and periodic exams, with a scope, of the rectum and colon are suggested...
Previous studies which attempted to dispel any links between fat intake and the risk of breast cancer were often criticized for their limited size and scope...
...staff position is flawed for several reasons. First, the Coke served in the dining halls is so watered down that it hardly tastes like the drink that comes out of the red-and-white can. Second, it appears that Dining Services is making an intelligent business decision. Third, the scope of the staff position is rather short-sighted. Any discussion of colas on college campuses should focus on the fact that large intakes of caffeine have been proven to be extremely detrimental to students' health and their academic capacities...
WATCHFUL COMMANDERS IN BOSNIA never tire of warning soldiers in their charge that there are any number of ways to meet death in the Balkans--and almost all come suddenly. It can sneak up from behind, directed by the cross hairs of a sniper's scope. It can clasp travelers in the muddy embrace of a collapsing mountain road. Or it can detonate from below--which is what happened at 3:45 p.m. last Saturday when Sergeant Donald Dugan, 38, of Belle Center, Ohio, reportedly manning a checkpoint near Tuzla, stepped to the side of the road and was killed...
...lost, however, I am making some headway: I've come to the conclusion that "I don't have a compelling story to tell about that," "maybe we could discuss that during my office hours," and "that question is outside the scope of the topic at hand," all translate roughly into "I don't have a clue...