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While I can't be certain that Bones went under the studio knife for a little test-screening cosmetic surgery, I sure am suspicious.
It is well balanced and does not have unnecessary cosmetic scenes that seem to be a staple of Hindi films.
Instead, they will most likely support cosmetic political reforms, including a new law that formally separates the roles of army commander and head of state.
"I feel like myself again on Paxil," says the woman in advertisements for that antidepressant; so, supposedly, do users of Prozac, Ritalin, Botox, Propecia, Xenical, anabolic steroids, cosmetic surgery, hormone replacement therapy, and sex-reassignment surgery.
As Sandel points out, perhaps we could design a world in which we all have access to mood-brightening drugs and cosmetic surgery; in which athletes have access to safe, performance-enhancing drugs; in which we could safely choose and manipulate the genetic traits of our children; and in which we eat factory-farmed pigs and chickens that are genetically engineered not to feel pain.
Powerful white men, it is suggested, do not like to sign their names to projects or enterprises in trouble, and they are often happy to have the cosmetic benefit of a female – or nonwhite – face at the helm, when the real power may be draining away behind the scenes, or moving on elsewhere.
They are for sociable people who have time and money not just for politics, but also for shopping and, yes, even cosmetic procedures.
Doctors Should Stop Defining Sexual “Normality”NEW YORK – On October 26, 1996, a small group of activists picketed outside an American Academy of Pediatrics conference in Boston to draw attention to the fact that cosmetic surgeries were routinely being performed on intersex children and newborns.
Surgery conducted on most intersex infants is cosmetic: its aim is not to ensure proper bodily functions according to medical needs, but rather to bring the appearance of the body into line with established gender norms.
This applies especially to medical practitioners who perform cosmetic surgery on intersex infants.
People will not be satisfied with economic handouts or cosmetic changes in governance; they are demanding real change that puts their country on a clear path toward democracy.
To be sure, the “black and yellow” CDU-FDP coalition will make some policy corrections – slowing the nuclear phase-out, cosmetic changes to the tax system, etc. – in order not to disappoint parts of their constituency and economic supporters.
In fact, if the UK is not careful, gene editing could follow the trajectory of cosmetic surgery.
But, again, the report offers little in the way of solutions, and it largely rejects the distinction between therapeutic and enhancement applications, which leaves open the possibility that such technologies could be misused for cosmetic purposes.
They must insist upon real and dramatic changes – rather than cosmetic improvements – to Russia’s political system.
It takes force to stop a thug, not sharp words or cosmetic sanctions.
And, although Abbas might be tempted by cosmetic changes to the status quo, most Palestinians probably would reject them as fraudulent.
Nor should they produce any return in the long run, as their business model remains identical to what it was before, with only cosmetic modifications concerning trading risks.
But as the Trump administration’s renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement showed, it is likely to emphasize cosmetic issues that yield catchy sound-bites, at the expense of the substantive action that the problems in the Sino-American relationship demand.
Nor do we need cosmetic efforts to pursue EU-wide policies to combat the current crisis, when it is obvious that we have failed to act together.
Suleman does not have a decent job, but she managed to invest in costly fertility treatments and could afford many expensive cosmetic surgeries.
Despite the cosmetic nature of the “reforms,” other regime factions, most notably those led by Saif al-Islam’s brothers Mutassim, al-Sa’adi, and Khamis, challenged them.
Cameron should recognize that his strategy cannot be allowed (even if he fears that a few cosmetic corrections to the treaty won’t help him at home).
If the late-stage expansion continues, as it did during the NAFTA renegotiation, Trump may be inclined to accept cosmetic concessions, which he can characterize as the “largest, most significant, modern and balanced trade agreement in history.”
In practice, the problem with trade agreements’ labor provisions is not that they are too restrictive for developing countries; it is that they may remain largely cosmetic, with little practical effect.
Too often, this funding serves a cosmetic purpose – making donors appear environmentally friendly – rather than effecting genuine change.
This cannot be done by some cosmetic clause; instead it requires a precise date when serious negotiations will start with Romania and Slovenia; the "second wave" does not have to include all other potential candidates but it does have to demonstrate that the process of enlargement will not stop.
It is possible that all parties will agree to pull back from the brink in exchange for cosmetic concessions.
As an anonymous American woman, justifying her decision to undergo cosmetic surgery, put it, “All we have in life is ourselves, and what we can put out there every day for the world to see… Me is all I got.”
Indeed, the infinite renewal of the body isn’t confined to superficial repairs through cosmetic surgery.
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