As the pigment that darkens the color of our skin, hair, and eyes, melanin is a
mixed blessing. It protects us from the harsh rays of the sun, but it also subjects us to the harsh gaze and words of racists, who blindly and blithely dislike and disrespect all dark-skinned people.
Thoughts by Hugh Mann
In some respects, the states have viewed their exposure to outside influences as a
mixed blessing. While welcoming new trade, aid, and other ties, the leaders of Central Asia have been less receptive to calls to democratize and respect human rights.
Introduction
Our relationship with America was a
mixed blessing, also true today.
POST-WAR PARALLEL
An article said physicians may choose to delay adoption of combination vaccines because doctors are reimbursed based on the number of vaccines they administer, and that reducing the number of shots will reduce profits ("Combo Vaccines Are
Mixed Blessing," July 2008, p.
Liability may delay vaccine adoption
I do not doubt the future the article points to, but I think it might be a
mixed blessing.
Freelance fallout
Lilly's top-selling product, the Zyprexa antipsychotic medication, proved to be a
mixed blessing. Its sales rose 12% to $1.16 billion--the product's best year-over-year increase in several quarters.
Lilly profit plunges 81% amid restructuring
From the customer perspective, metal-casting facilities that can provide a finished part are a
mixed blessing. On the one hand, buyers love the idea of single sourcing.
Considering machining
and Europe since the 1970s and are considered by environmental advocates to be a
mixed blessing. They get rid of garbage without adding to already stressed landfills and with the added benefit of contributing electricity to the power grid.
Burning trash and keeping the car clean: what do you think of those "waste-to-energy" plants used by cities to generate power?
In many respects, controlling Congress would have been a
mixed blessing, implicating Democrats in every bad federal-government decision and helping insulate Republicans from accountability for their many bad deeds over the last six years.
Enough with the fratricide
Finally, came the advent of the Internet, which has been a
mixed blessing for treasury.
The changing face of treasury technology: technology has given the treasury function the ability to pinpoint global positions and enable better decision-making and fund-centralization activities
Cardiff and Usk will finish second and third depending on next week's results, but the rain also proved a
mixed blessing, because it spelled relegation for Penarth.
Saints achieve premier goal
Breakthrough Medical Therapies: Women's
Mixed BlessingWomen & HIV
Economic globalization has been a
mixed blessing for health; however, editor Guest writes, two things are certain--that globalization is destabilizing in terms of its impacts on local environmental conditions, diet, health and demography, and that global processes exert tremendous influence over the distribution of disease and patterns in human health, hitting hardest the populations with the fewest resources.
Globalization, health, and the environment; an integrated perspective
Mixed blessing will continue her association with Kieren Fallon when she takes in the Sixty Years On Prestige Stakes at Goodwood on Sunday.
Blessing for Fallon
The baiting behavior has been a
mixed blessing for the park, says Noonan.
Getting the gull: baiting trick spreads among killer whales