Word: defection
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Supporters of the exam also see the test doing some of the work of education reform, but to them this is a merit, not a defect. They hope MCAS will spur changes in curriculum...
...eight months old, suffered from a rare life-threatening disorder called severe combined immunodeficiency. Because a genetic mutation kept their immune systems from fending off even the most innocuous infections, both faced lifelong confinement in sterile shielded environments. Now, 10 months after undergoing treatment in France to correct the defect, these "bubble babies" are out of their bubbles--back at home and acting for all the world like normal babies...
...point man on Elian, to turn on the runway lights at Jose Marti Airport. Castro personally saw Juan Miguel off at 4 a.m. Thursday. He had already ordered that diplomatic immunity at Cuba's Washington outposts be waived--to make the point that Juan Miguel would be free to defect if he wanted to, which reflected Castro's confidence that he would...
...make his autonomy agenda a reality, Chen is now faced with the twofold challenge of maintaining the country's economic prosperity while holding China at bay. Most of the country is still more concerned with peace and safety than political autonomy and will quickly defect to the Nationalists if a threat of aggression becomes real. What's more, investors both within and without Taiwan trust the Nationalists' economic stewardship. Many Taiwanese may love the concept of autonomy, but will still take a silent relationship with China over jeopardizing their economic and physical safety...
CHARGED. MARIANO FAGET, 54, Cuban-born U.S. immigration officer; with spying for Havana; in Miami. U.S. officials fed Faget false information about a Cuban's plan to defect to America and arrested him after he passed the "intelligence" to a Cuban-born businessman in New York. Washington later expelled a Cuban diplomat with ties to Faget...