Word: developable
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...Iraq's forces are combat ready. But that perception may be based on an unnecessarily strict standard. For instance, the Defense Department doesn't consider an Iraqi unit ready to fight until it can sustain itself with supplies, intelligence and communications--a combination that takes U.S. forces years to develop. A Pentagon official said last week that 87,000 of the 212,000 Iraqis that the Defense Department classifies as "trained and equipped" are actually "in the fight," meaning fully capable of planning and waging active combat. The Iraqis have taken over from U.S. forces in a few regions...
...slip away, slowly losing memory and other brain functions over a span of years. Now there is evidence that the long goodbye of Alzheimer's may begin even earlier than doctors suspected. A Swedish analysis of nearly 50 studies of the condition found that patients who go on to develop Alzheimer's show telltale signs--lapses in memory, reasoning, problem-solving ability, verbal fluency and attention skills--years before the disease is diagnosed. Such symptoms could serve as warning signals, say experts, but doctors need better screening tools to distinguish those changes from the decline in brain function that occurs...
...fight appalling diseases in the poorest countries [Nov. 7] should be required reading for all. I especially recommend it to members of Congress. Instead of funding pork-barrel projects, why not finance completion of the malaria vaccine? As a health-care worker, I was astonished to read how far development of the vaccine has progressed. We have a golden opportunity to eliminate the disease from the causes of human misery, and we would be criminally negligent to let this opportunity pass. Janet Crain Lake Wales, Florida, U.S. Thank you for selecting Paul Farmer, "America's most celebrated doctor...
...FYSC held the Halloween Catwalk in Annenberg, the committee’s limited budget cannot accommodate hosting events there on a regular basis. According to Dingman, construction efforts in Hilles may leave more space in the Yard next year.“My hope is that, if we can develop space in Hilles for extracurricular organizations, we can free up some of the space that they’re occupying now and return it to the rightful users: the freshmen,” Dingman says.The renovated Yard basement space would likely be prioritized for freshmen, Haan said earlier this fall.Studies...
...attraction,” Buckner said. Schacter praised Buckner’s combination of technical and theoretical sophistication. “He is able to integrate strength in the methodology with strength in the conceptual side,” Schacter said. In the 1990s, Buckner helped develop event-related fMRI, which allows scientists observing the brain to distinguish between mental events occurring a few seconds apart. Previously, scientists could only differentiate between mental events that took place a half a minute to a minute apart, Bucker said. At Harvard, Buckner will spearhead the fMRI center being built...