Word: developable
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Lander and the institute faculty will develop its research priorities, but will ultimately report to an executive committee consisting of Summers, MIT President Charles M. Vest and Eli Broad, who is currently chair of financial services giant AIG SunAmerica...
...head of sales in Asia for computer-chip maker Intel, Chen, 41, tapped emerging markets from China to Pakistan and turned the region into the company's top revenue producer. As Chen settles into his new post as head of sales worldwide, he will continue to work to develop nascent markets, adding Latin America and Russia to his plate. The Tai Chi devotee will also play a big role in Intel's push to place its chips in communications devices, from cell phones that send pictures to computers that access the Internet wirelessly...
...data suggest that it may be an unhealthy one as well. According to the latest results from the continuing Nurses' Health Study, which surveyed more than 78,500 women, those who worked overnight shifts at least three times a month for 15 years were 35% more likely to develop colon cancer than those who worked only days. Authors of the study, published last week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, think the increased risk may be linked to lowered levels of melatonin, which usually reaches peak production in the body in the middle of the night; nighttime exposure...
...reported that the Bush Administration is preparing to develop a few new nuclear weapons [NOTEBOOK, May 26]. Does the President think he can lead the whole world down the garden path? While countries all around the globe are told to stop their nuclear programs and threatened with military action, how can the U.S. expand its already large arsenal of nuclear weapons? MAY KOIZUMI Hiroshima...
...forging ahead despite lousy market conditions. Not even large corporations are safe - in the U.K., the government is drawing up plans for compulsory insurance for some corporate pension schemes, many of which currently face huge deficits. A few simple rules can help you navigate Europe's new reality. Develop steady habits Even as he watched the FTSE index plummet from its all-time high at the end of 1999, Barry Lake, 48, kept investing. The surveyor from Rayleigh, England, first dipped into the stock market in 1994 by joining an investment club. Over the last two years Lake has shoveled...