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...with at least one Kennedy idea or phrase...Labor's election manifesto read like the New Frontier, with its promise to get the nation moving again along 'a new way of life that will stir our hearts, rekindle an authentic patriotic faith in our future'...It was a carefully wrought blueprint for victory...
That new insight may be the dopamine hypothesis' most important contribution in the fight against drugs. It completes the loop between the mechanism of addiction and programs for treatment. And it raises hope for more effective therapies. Abstinence, if maintained, not only halts the physical and psychological damage wrought by drugs but in large measure also reverses...
...chorus's superb performance was the climax of the first half of the concert. But by the end of the concert, the orchestra had matched them, playing with the sound characteristic of an excellent ensemble. Overall, the concert was deeply felt without being over-wrought, passionate without being affected...
...question session that followed the lecture, one audience member pointed out that many of the conversions were forced, and not as peacefully wrought as they have been portrayed...
...recent years, some scientists have speculated that the changes wrought by differentiation might be irreversible, in which case cloning an adult mammal would be biologically impossible. The birth of Dolly not only proves them wrong but also suggests that the difficulty scientists have had cloning adult cells may have less to do with biology than with technique...