Word: developable
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...less sinister explanation for the alleged behavior of Yee and al-Halabi is that they became sympathetic to the prisoners' plight and wanted to pass news about them to their families. It is a well-known psychological phenomenon for guards to develop sympathies for their captives. Indeed, many of the prisoners are considered of marginal danger. According to a military source, only a handful at the camp are deemed to be hard-core al-Qaeda operatives, and they are segregated from the rest...
...There has been a great deal of wishful thinking about Iraqi oil," said the Council on Foreign Relations/Rice University report, noting that the oil sector was "being held together by 'Band-Aids'" and estimating that the Iraqi industry needed $30 billion to $40 billion to rehabilitate active wells and develop new fields. "Put simply," the report continued, "we do not anticipate a bonanza." According to Department of Energy figures, Iraq is pumping only about 1.65 million bbl. of oil a day now, compared with 2.8 million before the war and 3.5 million before 1990, which makes that revelation something...
...recent steps taken by HUDS were beneficial. But if there is a serious desire to improve the health of undergraduates, then students, HUDS and administrators will have to develop a plan to significantly extend dinner hours. While an enhanced schedule would require later hours of dining hall workers, higher overtime pay should compensate for having to work later and the hiring of a second shift could accommodate those who want or need to be home earlier. Later dining hall hours are a necessity—and the sooner that is recognized, the better. That much-needed move will stop students...
...said he and his colleagues approached ischemic stroke from an engineering point of view to develop a means of reducing the risk of hemorrhage...
...real stressful." Andre's specific gripe is that he would like to make more-abstract music, like his hero, John Coltrane, but he believes that neither Big Boi nor his audience will tolerate it. There are other rifts as well. After his role in Hollywood Homicide, Andre wants to develop an acting career. And he refuses to tour. Instead, he would like to enroll at Oxford University. "I want to grow in ways I can't here," he says...