Word: breakthrough
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Nowadays Americans lavish little art but elaborate care on their cats. It may have been a technological breakthrough that made cat tending less onerous and fueled all this attention. Explains one close observer of the animal universe, Boston Veterinarian Jean Holzworth: "When you talk about convenience, the advent of cat litter is comparable to the invention of the electric light bulb." Litter boxes are now big-selling staples in pet stores. They cost from $2.50 to $34.95. Some of them are kick-proof and odor-proof. The latest behavior-modification device is Kitty Whiz, a potty trainer that purportedly teaches...
...sense of urgency was heightened by an apparent deadlock between Egypt and Israel over Palestinian autonomy on the West Bank and Gaza. Just two weeks ago, both sides spoke hopefully of a "breakthrough," but that optimism has all but vanished. "There are dramatic differences just in the concept of the self-governing authority," said a Western diplomat in Cairo about the talks. After 30 months, the two sides have agreed only on how to conduct elections for members of a proposed autonomy council...
...Israelis were sending out encouraging signals about their desire for progress on Camp David's more limited approach to the Palestinian problem: the Israeli-Egyptian talks on autonomy arrangements for the 1.3 million Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Apparently hoping for a definite breakthrough in the sluggish talks, Begin dispatched to Cairo his four most senior Cabinet members, whom he empowered to make decisions on the spot...
...breakthrough occurred at the beginning of the week with the defection of one of the sale's most vocal opponents, Republican Roger Jepsen of Iowa, a New Right conservative who had cited biblical arguments on Israel's behalf. "This sale must be stopped," he told a cheering audience of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in May. The White House knew that he was weakening, and turned up the heat. Reagan reminded Jepsen that he had personally helped him win his seat in 1978. But the President also sent him to the funeral of Israel's Moshe...
Propranolol's side effects are comparatively mild. Researchers caution that they do not know how long its protective effects last and when it should be discontinued. Even so, says Friedewald, the new test results represent an "exciting breakthrough...