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...allies." Again, that's arguable: a 2006 poll found that almost 70% of people in the four countries want the U.S. nukes withdrawn, and many non-nuclear states say the weapons violate a clause in the NPT that prevents nuclear powers from arming allies. But while retention of "nuclear-burden sharing" may cause Obama problems internationally, it is part of a raft of compromises in the review meant to appease critics in the Senate, who may be needed to ratify international arms-control treaties, according to George Perkovich, director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International...
...could hardly be more apparent. You don't need a trade publication's special report to see it. As gastropubs multiply in big cities, Burger King is boasting of ripping off the Sausage McMuffin at the same time it is trying to cope with a franchisee mutiny over the burden of selling $1 double cheeseburgers. It's truly a battle royale out there. (See "Rachael Ray in Praise of Burgers and Our Culinary Tastes...
...feel now, I've never felt this type of strength," Woods told the network. To a psychologist like Valiante, those words are particularly telling. "Think about that," he says. "Woods is finding strength through redemption and humility. It's like when A-Rod admitted he used steroids. A massive burden was lifted off his shoulders, and he could go out and play...
...viable timeline for climate impacts - plus the likely hurdles of implementing a sharp reduction plan - Nordhaus, among others, has advocated a reduction in emissions that starts gradually, then increases over time. Others, such as the authors of the Arctic study, point to the environmental, and ultimately financial, burden of not lowering emissions in a timely...
...Crimson will also have to rely on Brown, who has continued to carry the majority of the pitching burden in the follow-up to her Ivy Rookie of the Year campaign. The sophomore is third in the conference with a 1.86 ERA and has leads all Ivy pitchers with 86 strikeouts...