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- 13-Jun-2005, 16:59 #1
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sea change? "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?
- 13-Jun-2005, 18:15 #2
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Re: sea change? 
Originally Posted by Eway
yes, it does. It's a major, significant, marked transformation.
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