Word: stiffen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tiny. For his part, Queen hasn't arrested anyone with K. "We could," he says, "but we're waiting," gathering evidence against dealers who sell it to his undercover cops. Next year, the legislature will consider a bill to "schedule" ketamine as a controlled substance, which would stiffen penalties...
...means the entire reason why an individual is gay or straight. (Even identical twins can have different orientations.) But the tests will be accurate enough to be used to justify pre-employment testing, pre-marital testing, and pre-insurance testing. Accurate enough to counsel a child--to help stiffen his resistance to his gay tendencies. And for some, accurate enough to justify the abortion of a fetus...
...sticky. In the 1970s, biochemists hypothesized that the same reaction might occur in the bodies of people suffering from diabetes, as excess glucose combined with proteins in the course of metabolism. When sugars and proteins bond, they attract other proteins, which form a sticky, weblike network that could stiffen joints, block arteries and cloud clear tissues like the lens of the eye, leading to cataracts. Since diabetics suffer from all these ailments, the biochemists guessed they were right...
...employment, I must oppose any proposals that would change the issuance or purpose of the current Social Security card without thorough examination," said Rep. Jim Bunning, R-Ky. Debate over the larger immigration bill is expected to continue for the next two days. Included in the bill: measures to stiffen penalties for illegal aliens and restrict legal immigration, along with a proposal to establish a national telephone system to let employers check the validity of an employee's social security card...
...last year, when the Louisiana legislature attempted to stiffen penalties against alcohol vendors who sell to minors, the Louisiana Supreme Court quickly moved to reverse its decision...