“…(To be precise, apply Bertini's theorem for the normalizationX of X and the pull-backH of H , and take the push-forward ofX ∩H .) Moreover, since X is integral, (X \ L) ∩ H satisfies Serre's condition S 1 by [7], (3.4.6), and hence (X \ L) ∩ H is reduced (see [1], (VII.2.2)). On the other hand, since X ⊆ P N is nondegenerate, so is π L,X (X \ L) ⊆ P N −2 , and also so is its hyperplane section (see [7], p.116).…”