Word: undergo
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...related study on the "Long-Term Biological Consequences of Nuclear War," 20 biologists headed by Paul R. Erlich examine what will become of life on earth during such a nuclear winter. Freezing temperatures would kill many plants; the gloomy darkness would make it impossible for surviving vegetation to undergo photosynthesis Agriculture would suffer irreparable damage and global food chains would be hopelessly shattered. Increased radiation would prove lethal to plants, marine life and land mammals. The overall repercussions would "lead to the extinction of the species of plants, animals, and microorganisms of the Earth," the study contends...
Harvard's experimental coin-operated word processing system has fallen far short of playing for itself, and may undergo substantial organization soon, officials said yesterday...
...FIFRA), the law which governs the registration and use of pesticides. Dating from the 1940s, FIFRA has allowed many chemicals to be widely used despite a lack of information about their health effects. In recent years, its provisions have been strengthened, and pesticides introduced now do have to undergo thorough testing. A process of re-registration, carrying out and verifying new tests for chemicals approved under old standards, was also loosely mandated by the newer provisions of FIFRA, but the EPA has been slow to tackle this task. In 1972, Congress directed the agency to complete the re-registration process...
...against Soviet involvement in Afghanistan). Mr. Louis might recall an incident last year when a group of peaceniks trying to organize a rally in Red Square against the arms race were met by a gang of KGB thugs who presumably hauled them off to a state psychiatric institution to undergo treatment for "social deviance," a term used by the Soviet government to label those who get out of step with the Party line...
...chemical castration, uses a drug called Depo-Provera,* which sharply diminishes sex drive in men by reducing their production of testosterone. The drug gained national attention last summer when a Texas jury sentenced Rapist Joseph Frank Smith to ten years' probation instead of prison after he volunteered to undergo Depo-Provera therapy. Smith entered the nation's largest program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The program has 150 patients, 80% of them on parole and probation; nearly half are taking Depo-Provera. Dr. Fred Berlin, a co-director of the program, emphasizes that Depo-Provera is only...