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Old 13-Jun-2005, 18:15
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Default Re: sea change?

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Originally Posted by Eway
"Henig lays out the ethical and political battlefield of the 1970s - a battlefield that is recreated with each new technology - and traces the sea change that has occurred in the public perception of 'test tube babies'."

Why "sea" change? Does it simply mean "big" change?


yes, it does. It's a major, significant, marked transformation.
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