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  • adjective Common misspelling of unforeseen.

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  • The theory is that our bodies, so sublimely configured to live with a constant universe of solar radiation, global magnetism, and other natural sources of electromagnetic or other radiation, are not used to alternating current, and certainly not used to the levels to which we expose ourselves nowadays; and so the levels we do experience change our cells in unforseen ways, and this can cause cancer.

    Electricity: the Road to Health Heather McDougal 2007

  • The theory is that our bodies, so sublimely configured to live with a constant universe of solar radiation, global magnetism, and other natural sources of electromagnetic or other radiation, are not used to alternating current, and certainly not used to the levels to which we expose ourselves nowadays; and so the levels we do experience change our cells in unforseen ways, and this can cause cancer.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Heather McDougal 2007

  • And on thing to remember, any engineer worth their salt should automatically take into account Murphy's law and add 20% to an estimate for the "unforseen".

    MSL Problems Revisited - NASA Watch 2009

  • The amount of space varies depending on the speed (one of the apparently "unforseen" problems with the stupid dots - or should I say STUPID DOT?)

    Sound Politics: Transportation Round-up 2006

  • Baxter have secured an immunity from liability from the Irish government in the event that their rushed to market swine flu vaccine has "unforseen" problems.

    Indymedia Ireland SavedByFerrets 2009

  • 'unforseen' reasons (like to track 'dissidents', or intimidate those who disagree with various policies ...).

    legitgov 2010

  • So why isn't a low-cost catastrophic care plan, designed to safeguard against an unforseen major expense, part of your solution?

    Obama hits the road with health care reform message 2009

  • We made mistakes, were blindsided by unforseen events that we had no control over, but kept putting one foot in front of the other until we accomplished the objectives.

    ronald dean douglas 2010

  • Its a sad fact that you will not ever be able to eliminate accidents, by there very nature they are unforseen.

    Free Michael Jackson mp3 downloads « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Like every other type of insurance, health insurance should be for unforseen big dollar costs.

    Think Progress » ‘Holder-in-Chief’ Coburn issues far-fetched threat against Democrats who switch votes in favor of health reform. 2010

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