As in the case of alcoholism, the very mechanisms which came into being in response to the crisis tend to intensify it. (religion-online.org)
Mr. Fisch's report is particularly damaging, as it takes aim at the very mechanism the state uses to enforce government ethics. (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)
If this is the case, then cancer cells do, in fact, exploit the very mechanisms that make it possible for a fetus to survive inside a woman's womb. (scientificamerican.com)