Word: defective
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...winner of American Idol gets as much attention as the winner of the presidential election, personality counts for a great deal. Back in the Colonial era when everyone was dignified, a sense of humor in a major public figure was viewed as something along the lines of a congenital defect. George Washington didn’t have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid chopping down more cherry trees than he could possibly help. But somewhere along the line, Americans began expecting their Presidents to do more than just govern. They also had to make...
Republicans over the past weeks have made it clear they'd welcome Lieberman if he chooses to defect. "Joe Lieberman is certainly going to be a wild card," Senator John Ensign, a Nevada Republican, told MSNBC last week. "And it depends - you know, we welcome Joe. I think Joe's a terrific guy with a lot of integrity and does what he believes...
...Some political pundits predicted a divide within the Democratic Party, in which Clinton supporters would defect in droves to support Republican nominee John McCain. Initially, this theory seemed to have backing—in a March Gallup poll, 28 percent of Clinton supporters had said they would vote for McCain in a McCain-Obama matchup...
...date, perhaps the best evidence of its cause comes from a 2006 study led by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, who examined the brain tissue of babies who died from SIDS and those who died from other causes. Researchers found that SIDS babies often have a brain defect in a region of the brain that controls breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. The abnormality appears to weaken the responsiveness of certain functions, including arousal from sleep when the body fails to get enough oxygen. Researchers think the defect may be genetic in origin, although there are no biological tests...
...Biden was no better in his coarse challenge to Republicans who promise to help parents of children "born with a birth defect." "Well, guess what, folks?" he said. "If you care about it, why don't you support stem-cell research?" Well, they do; just not all the forms that he supports. You can argue that embryo research should proceed anyway; you can argue about where federal funds should go, or whether embryos should be created specifically to experiment on them. But no one is served when politicians blur their positions or distort their opponents' or pretend the issue...