Word: developable
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Since the establishment of the Office for International Studies last year, along with the streamlining of the application process and the efforts to develop more Harvard-accredited programs, more students have been electing to spend a semester or two at overseas institutions, indicating the latent demand for study abroad. By giving students more flexibility, the committee’s reduction in requirements is a further step in the right direction of making study abroad an attractive option, rather than a logistical nightmare...
...UNITED STATES Although President George W. Bush spends endless hours trying to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, his Administration isn't above creating a few itself. The Pentagon is hard at work pushing to develop the first new class of U.S. nukes since the end of the cold war. Two plans are on the table: retooling existing warheads into atomic sledgehammers capable of destroying bunkers beneath 300 meters of rock, and designing new mini-size nukes ideal for targeting stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons. Congress banned work on mini-nukes for the past decade out of fear that...
...short, Iraq has never come close to achieving its potential. Production peaked at 3.5 million bbl. daily in 1979. How much the new Iraq produces will turn on many variables: Whether a new government encourages foreign oil companies with the technical expertise and financial wherewithal to develop fields. Whether Iraq returns to its status as a dutiful member of OPEC and abides by the group's production quotas--or ignores them and produces whatever volume is good for Iraqi citizens. Whether Iraq forms alliances with Russia, France and China, among others, to manage production--and whether American and British companies...
...believes that Khan had a key role in helping North Korea develop at least one or two nuclear devices, a senior official tells TIME. Under pressure from the U.S., the Pakistani government two years ago stripped Khan of his position in the nuclear and military establishment and barred him from traveling abroad without official permission. Within Pakistan, Khan is always accompanied by two military officers, Pakistani officials say. But Washington fears that he may still have enough freedom to be able to shop Pakistan's nuclear secrets to other clients. Says a Washington official: "He moves around very freely...
...It’s a two-way street,” he said. “One way to overcome that is to meet and discuss and develop a relationship...