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STAR, n an acronym used in osteopathic medicine that represents “sensitivity,” “tissue texture change,” “asymmetry,” and “range of motion reduced.” STAR prompts practitioners to remember the indications of somatic dysfunction, including those associated with myofascial trigger points. STAR see cornell STAR accelerated lambing system. star a color marking in a horse's coat consisting of a white spot in the center of the forehead; just a few white hairs is sometimes called a flame. STAR Oncology A 5-yr clinical study–Study of Tamoxifen And Raloxifene–to determine whether raloxifene helps prevent breast CA in ♀ and whether it has any benefits over tamoxifen–Nolvadex. See MORE, Raloxifene, Tamoxifen. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Barnette, Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote, "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote in his majority opinion overturning the expulsion, ``If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. According to Wineland, one possible way of applying Mach's Principle is to say that if there is a relationship between the mass of a body and its velocity with respect to a frame of reference fixed on other bodies (for instance, the fixed stars of our galaxy), then that mass ought to change as the orientation of its velocity changes with respect to the fixed stars. |
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