Word: tamed
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...result, the conversation that has occupied scientists and ethicists for years, about how much man should mess with nature when it comes to reproduction, will drop onto every kitchen table, every pulpit, every politician's desk. Our fierce national debate over issues like abortion and euthanasia will seem tame and transparent compared with the questions that human cloning raises...
...real test for the Crimson women came against the Quakers, however, and the 5-4 win gave it a good chance at claiming a conference championship. Harvard only needs to tame Yale next week for Ivy title...
Harvard needed every match to tame the Quakers...
...Olympics, when national pride counts as much as individual glory. But they also want to win. So the pair has kept an Eastern element with their musical choice: Turandot, Italian composer Puccini's rendition of a classic Chinese love story. But they have hired an American choreographer to tame their exuberant style into something more fluid and romantic, and exchanged their demure looks for a sexier image. Shen, 23, has abandoned her bowl cut for an elegant chignon; 28-year-old Zhao now favors body-hugging costumes. As Shen notes while adjusting the spaghetti strap of her low-cut tank...
Still, the message out of the bottle was clear: Forget the couch; there is no psychiatric ill that cannot be chemically controlled. Even hyperactive youngsters were caught up in the pharmacological whirlwind, given daily doses of Ritalin to tame their excess energies. Critics such as Dr. Thomas Szacz worried loudly about an overly medicated, drug-dependent society. But with more than 50 million Americans suffering from mental illnesses of varying degrees of severity, doctors in the clinical trenches felt they had no choice but to employ the best weapons at their disposal. Says Dr. Sophia Vinogradov, Barondes' UCSF colleague...