"If literally nothing is held sacred anymore--because it is considered synonymous with superstition or in some other way irrational--what is there to prevent us treating our entire world as some great laboratory of life, with potentially disastrous long-term consequences?" Charles asked.
The term was first used in print by political philosopher Hillel Steiner; while other writers followed, it has not been universally adopted and it is sometimes considered synonymous with carrot and stick.
If, for convenience, it is to be considered synonymous with the modern state of Iraq, it can be seen in terms of two fairly well-defined provinces: a flat alluvial plain in the south and, in the north, the uplands through which the country's twin rivers flow in their middle courses.
It has at times been considered synonymous with Jaxartosaurus aralensis, or deserving of its own genus.
Although Fas-FasL signaling is often considered synonymous with TCR restimulation-induced death, the data provided herein show it has a quantitatively lesser role than previously acknowledged, and support a critical role for BIM induction in the execution of antigen-driven "extrinsic" apoptosis.
It is so reliable, so steady, so definite that lack of a pulse is sometimes considered synonymous with death.
Ursula Burns, the chief executive of Xerox, talked at The New York Times's New Media Summit about why still being considered synonymous with photocopiers can be an asset for its new initiatives, especially as the company prepares to split.
Other taxa considered synonymous with H. ferrugineum are Pierre Bulliard's 1791 Hydnum hybridum (including later synonyms Calodon hybridus (Bull).
If hydration is refused, TS cannot be considered synonymous with euthanasia.
Clearly, motorcycles are not considered synonymous with good, clean living, which is why Ms. Fleming occasionally worried about how her managers would feel about her riding one.
