Word: sic
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...scare adolescents away from contraception by lying—stating that “The Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR) contains a warning for every birth control pill and device: ‘Patients should be counseled that this product does not protect against HIV infection (Aids) sic or other sexually transmitted diseases.’” This is patently untrue—last time I checked, efforts to encourage use of condoms had had a remarkable effect in reducing HIV transmission rates. Not every birth control device is ineffective against STDs. As a matter...
According to Sussner’s official Kirkland biography, as posted on the House’s website, he “grew up in Paris and San Francisco, torn between Giant’s [sic] baseball and European soccer...
...remained entirely professional - but the fictional kind. He decided to try his - or rather, their - hand at fiction. "We are thinking about a beautiful novel," he told her. "It will have a beautiful cover." He had his own ideas about what would go inside. "Have we reached the orgamsi [sic] yet?" he would ask, as Erdal struggled to meet his quota of sex scenes. She had a loftier view of literature. "I had believed all my life that writing was important, that the novel mattered, that readers should be able to trust the author," she writes. "Now I had sullied...
...will Democrats respond to this misguided revolution? On Social Security, they’ve tried to sic their dogma on Bush’s dogma. When Kerry flatly declared “I will never privatize Social Security,” he veered into black-and-white ideological thinking—W’s traditional territory. Just because Bush’s plan is flawed doesn’t mean Democrats can’t do better...
...legitimate act of self-defense” after condemning it to the Arab American Institute National Leadership Conference as a “barrier to peace” that serves “only [to] harm Israel’s security…[and] increase hardships to [sic] the Palestinian people...