1.   The medicine had a slightly bitter taste.

2.   The medicine had rather a bitter taste.

3.   The medicine had a disagreeable taste.

4.   Today many physicians admit that complementary medicine has some potential and deserves a fair trial.

5.   Hence medicine under capitalism has a dual function, both liberating and controlling.

6.   And medicine has reluctantly had to acknowledge that it does not have all the information, particularly for rare diseases like anthrax in humans.

7.   The expertise required for that kind of care is very specific and has not been cultivated the way curative medicine has.

8.   Alternative medicine has several advocates on Capitol Hill, but none bigger than Sen. Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat who believes that bee pollen cured his allergies.