Word: deterred
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...NORAD [North American Aerospace Defense Command] forces to increase the air-defense presence in the area," he adds. Renuart, chief of the post-9/11 U.S. Northern Command, is responsible for defending the U.S. from attack. F-16s and Patriot missile batteries will be ready to deter, and if necessary shoot down, aerial intruders. Military choppers and Marine landing boats will be primed for an emergency. "There is a Joint Task Force in the capital region," Renuart said, not at a war council meeting but a recent breakfast with reporters, "designed to provide large-scale medical response if you have...
...world's fishing fleets plunder your waters, while the global economy, in the form of heavily laden container ships transiting the Suez Canal, quite literally pass you by. Killing pirates, as an international armada now gathering off Somalia aims to do, doesn't address that. It might briefly deter them, but it doesn't address the root cause of the problem...
...also worth remembering, says Adamkin, that some fish-oil capsules may contain mercury, which can actually deter brain development in children, and some studies have shown that too much omega-3 can retard kids' language development. It's also not clear from the current study exactly how much additional omega-3 is actually needed to see a benefit; while Makrides's study targeted the amounts a third-trimester fetus might receive, it's possible that the same brain benefits may accrue with less supplementation, or that more benefits may be gained by increasing the dose...
...Caffeine Balls Think powdery puppy chow, not gumballs - but don't let that deter you from sucking on some Caffeine Balls, especially if you don't want a mouthful of sticky. Two chewable chalky balls are supposed to equal the jolt of a cup of coffee. I popped a few of the mocha-flavored pellets late one night, and after about five to 10 minutes, I was up eyeing the door instead of my bed. Price: $14.95 for a 90-ball bottle...
...process. That surely emboldened Hamas, which intermittently sent rockets into southern Israel and finally prompted Israel to respond in force. As respected Israeli columnist Nahum Barnea wrote in the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth, "A country that is afraid to deal with Hamas won't be able either to deter Iran or to safeguard its interests in dealing with Syria, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority...