Word: defectives
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...going to defect from a "rogue state" and are looking for the United States to provide a quick resolution of your asylum case, best be equipped with a briefcaseful of shocking state secrets. Then you'll both end up on "60 Minutes" and with red-carpet treatment from the State Department. Washington looks likely to give serious attention to the claims of Ahmad Behbahani, the self-styled former Iranian intelligence honcho who, despite being sequestered in a Turkish refugee camp, managed to get his message to the Sunday-night CBS news show. His bombshell claim: that Iran, rather than Libya...
CANCER CARE It's not easy to say something positive when there's a diagnosis of advanced ovarian cancer. But researchers have found that women with the hereditary form of the disease may survive an average of two years longer than those with no genetic predisposition. The same defect on either the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene that makes women vulnerable to the cancer may also make them more responsive to chemotherapy. Once researchers figure out why, they may be able to develop more effective treatments for both forms of the disease...
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...