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'Religious doctrines' were also invoked to deny women the right to vote and to defend slavery.
Separately he invoked the Magna Carta, the Ten Commandments, Roman Law, the Gettysburg Address, and the Spirit of '76.
Prusiner has yet to show, for instance, that a protein sans nucleic acid can be infectious, and consequently, he has invoked the potential involvement of yet another agent in the disease process (although he insists it has no nucleic acid and calls it "Protein X").
The apoptotic pathway is invoked in cells subjected to a severe trauma that causes irreparable damages.
Clinton invoked grand jury secrecy, though you are always free to reveal your own testimony.