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He also takes whacks at those old chestnuts and/or and ss . Under the heaviest duress, such as the threat of boiling in ink, lawyers might relinquish all these; but they will fight to the bitter end and finally die at the barricades before surrendering their whereases . Never mind that, the author says; Whereas is consistently vague, meaning variously `the fact is,' `although,' `considering that,' `on the contrary,' and `that being the case,' with many shadings in between.
Who takes the shot?
Here the story becomes especially gripping and takes an unexpected turn.
I've had lunch with John John, I've had cocktails with John John, and you, Reverend, are no John John: In a NYT op-ed piece, Frank Rich takes aim at journalists and other commentators trying to bask in the glow of JFK Jr.'s celebrity.
This registration takes the form of an investigational new drug (IND) application [9].