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...World Health organization developed a plan to eliminate malaria globally within 15 years. The funding from governments, however, soon dried up and in 1970 the disease still plagued much of the world’s population. Today, effective global malaria control would require an estimated $5 billion a year; according to the New York Times, Americans spent 10 times that amount on cosmetics and toiletries in 2006. Europeans spent $50 billion on cigarettes...
...defensive control of play started early in the game, with Novak striking out the Bulldog’s first hitter swinging and both teams allowing their opponents only one hit through the end of the second inning...
...develop new nuclear weapons - maybe Last December, Senate Republicans sent a letter to Obama saying they would fight the ratification of arms-control treaties unless the President guaranteed the longevity of aging U.S. nuclear weapons - code for building new nukes. In interviews this week, Administration officials said they would not develop new weapons. But, says Stephen I. Schwartz, a nonproliferation expert at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, that depends on how you define new. The document states that a warhead introduced into the stockpile will not be considered new if it is based on a previously tested - but never...
...none of the four countries have their own nuclear weapons, there are an estimated 200 B-61 thermonuclear-gravity bombs scattered across their land. And under a NATO agreement that was struck during the Cold War, the bombs, which are owned by the U.S., can be transferred to the control of a host nation's air force in times of conflict. The NPR declares that these weapons "contribute to Alliance cohesion and provide reassurance to 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 Again, that's arguable: a 2006 poll found that almost 70% of people in the four countries want the U.S. nukes withdrawn, and many...
...Cavaliers iced it on the next possession, winning the draw control and then scoring off another free position shot to go up four...