Word: spreading
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...present the reality of fragmentation seems to be gaining the upper hand. In this context, French voters had a responsibility that went well beyond France and its position within the new Europe. The issue could be summarized as follows: In post-cold war Europe, will democracy and stability spread from West to East, or will fractionalization, with all the strains it is likely to engender for the Continent and its people, spread from East to West...
While distancing himself from antislavery allies like Parker, Lincoln welcomed suspect but needed voters from the Know-Nothing Party, despite their nativist prejudice against immigrants. He wanted the Know-Nothing people, yet he did not want to be seen as favoring them. When a report was spread that he had come out of one of their lodges, he would not deny it (for fear of offending them), but he had others do so in the right quarters: "It must not publicly appear that I am paying any attention to the charge...
...blacks' intellectual inferiority and opposed to their social equality with whites. He knew that he had to avoid abolitionists and welcome Know-Nothings to get elected on a platform opposing slavery in the territories. He knew that the territories were the only arena where he could check slavery's spread...
Whatever the merits of this particular type of mass screening, there are strong reasons to believe that early and accurate detection of prostate cancer can prolong life. When the disease has not spread beyond the prostate, 95% of men survive for at least five years. For half the men in whom the cancer has metastasized, life expectancy is two to three years. Moreover, techniques for surgically removing the prostate -- the standard treatment for the cancer -- have improved dramatically. Just a few years ago, the operation usually caused impotence and incontinence because it damaged nerves in the area. But by using...
...nation's largest state begin to change, Bush would divert money and time to the West Coast. That would force Clinton to do the same in the final weeks. Clinton's pollster, Stan Greenberg, insists the Democrat's hold on California is impregnable even if Perot reduces the spread...