Word: mereness
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...Test subjects were divided into groups, one of which received transplanted cells from aborted fetuses via holes drilled into the patients' skulls. The other patients had mere indentations drilled into their skulls, to mimic the real procedure. This experiment represents one of the fastest-growing and most controversial areas of clinical research: The use of stem cells has prompted widespread, fierce debate, pitting research proponents against some medical ethicists and pro-life groups...
...short-lived "supersnoops" unit, Hanssen eventually joined the FBI. At 32 he was more mature than most brash recruits, often condescending to his colleagues, and he wore his religious faith on his sleeve. "People who are super-religious, and only God meets their standards, usually have no time for mere mortals," says a retired agent who worked in the New York field office's Soviet division, where Hanssen was assigned from 1978 to '81 and again from 1985 to '87. "He thought he was mentally superior to his peers and probably his leadership," says Robert Bryant, former FBI assistant director...
This is folly. America is no mere international citizen. It is the dominant power in the world, more dominant than any since Rome. Accordingly, America is in a position to reshape norms, alter expectations and create new realities. How? By unapologetic and implacable demonstrations of will...
...without Winfrey's name. That may be why the film ramps up the melodrama; between the moody imagery and eerie music, you'd think you were watching a '70s horror flick. But the understated leads shine. Elisabeth Shue brings out mom Isabelle's repression without turning her into a mere set of conventions; Hanna Hall plays Amy with a subtle concupiscence that recalls her previous movie, The Virgin Suicides. Amy's adapters should rent it sometime...
...Mullah Omar is another good argument for the separation of church and state. The separation of church and art, however, entails a deeper tragedy: Can it be that tolerance and mere aestheticism represent a kind of spiritual death...