Word: undergo
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...approved, the bill will be sent to the Senate, where it will likely undergo further alteration. A conference committee will then hammer out differences between the two versions and return the new bill to the House and Senate for final approval...
...life position can offer no guarantees against government or business decisions to force women to undergo abortions or sterilization operations. A pro-choice position, on the other hand, guarantees the rights of women both to terminate unwanted pregnancies and to bring to term wanted ones...
...rights groups, perhaps with their fingers crossed, had promised that the Webster decision would galvanize a silent pro-choice majority. Last week, as pro-choice activists won stunning victories in Florida's legislature and the U.S. Congress, that promise began to be fulfilled. With the political landscape seeming to undergo a seismic shift, many antiabortion politicians have concluded that the only way to maintain their footing is to tiptoe away from their former positions...
Adopting a variant of the British exam system would also ensure accountability. At Oxford and Cambridge, students complete a large amount of study without exams and then undergo a comprehensive evaluation at the end of their programs. If Harvard were reluctant to accept foreign exam scores, it might allow students to leave for a year and then take one or two broad exams upon their return...
...didn't want to overdramatize things," she told the patient gently, once she had settled him into the ambulance, "but you showed signs of going into shock." The following day, as he prepared to undergo surgery for gallstones, a bouquet arrived from the Prime Minister's office. Red roses. The symbol of her Labor Party...