Word: developable
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...distressing as Russia’s new hypersonic missile may be, its development was rather predictable. Bush’s unilateral decision in December 2001 to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty with Russia set the stage for a miniature arms race. The ABM treaty existed to maintain the long-standing, effective principle of mutually assured destruction (MAD). MAD, however, requires that the each country accept some level of vulnerability—and with Bush refusing to do so, Russia felt compelled to develop systems capable of penetrating present and future U.S. defenses...
...says social service is a huge tenet of Judaism and while social action at Hillel has been relatively strong in the past, she wants to develop more volunteer opportunities...
...would be hard to say that he has implemented anything tangible since he became director,” Bloom said. “But his role has been positive as he has reached out to colleagues and tried to develop a University-wide strategy...
TIME cited one government-agency report about a single drug to support its claim that the government plays a large role in discovering new medicines. Yet TIME failed to note that the same agency reported that the government was involved in developing only six of the 100 drugs that federal agencies most commonly buy. In fact, pharmaceutical companies develop nearly all new medicines...
...says Bird's strategy is simple: "I want to sell at the lowest price." But it is not quite so simple. As Bird moves outside China, it has to develop local know-how in each new foreign market. And Bird managers acknowledge that they're just starting to overcome the mainland's reputation for shoddy goods and build an international brand. Still, Xu says, "what Chinese manufacturers can do, foreign companies can't do"--and that's make cell phones that are both chic and unbeatably cheap. The phone wars have only just begun. --By Michael Schuman. With reporting...