Word: containers
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...Department of Agriculture's claim last summer that mad cow "is on its way out," the fatal brain illness may actually be getting a foothold in America. The new case is also raising fresh concerns that should an outbreak occur, the Agriculture Department will be unable to contain it because it has no efficient way of tracking where sick cattle picked up the disease...
...learned was that people tend to react irrationally--rushing to the hospital before they have symptoms, for example, or staying home even when they are desperately ill. "The problem is that the more irrational the public's reactions to an outbreak, the harder it becomes to control and contain the disease," says Galea. Also, the harder the economy is hit: the Congressional Budget Office recently put the potential costs of a flu pandemic in the U.S. at $675 billion-half of it caused by fear and confusion...
Remember, the health of our bones reflects the dynamic interaction of opposing forces. Our bodies contain cells that create bone and others that destroy it. That dynamism enables us to sculpt and reshape the skeleton to respond to changing physical needs. If you are predisposed to osteoporosis, taking preventive action can help ensure that the bone-building forces prevail...
...biggest contributors to domestic violence. Gangsta rap is one of the most popular forms of hip-hop today. Songs in this specific genre are nothing but a negative externality on society’s well-being and improvement. Certainly, there are a few outlier groups that contain positive and proactive messages. However, these outliers tend to be out of the mainstream and thus harder to find. One could argue that hip-hop’s supporters may also be at fault—perhaps the market is simply providing fans with the material that they are most willing to purchase...
...judgment if we get the politics of this right, we get a government of national unity, and if we get sensitive ministries in the hands of people who are unifiers, who are broadly trusted, then I think you will begin to reverse this trend-contain it and to reverse...