Word: developable
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...sure why I still go to these meetings since I’ve stopped incorporating all but the most prosaic editorial comments into the draft. Like if our adviser tells me to “re-think the thrust of my second chapter” or “develop a more consistent voice in the introduction,” I nod politely and leave things the way they are. If he tells me that “accept” should be “except,” I guess I’ll make that change...
...good reason for such states to acquire a few nukes of their own. Hostile nations don't like being told what to do under threat of an adversary's weapons of mass destruction capability any more than the U.S. does. And that tends to spur them on to develop or expand their own WMD capability. The geopolitical trump card that emerged with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 prompted first Russia, then several other countries to develop their own nukes, with Iraq, Iran and North Korea doing their best to join the club...
...irrational fear exhibited by the people who harassed Falk is not exceptional. It happens in every country, particularly in times of crisis or war. When a country goes to war, its people develop a warped sense of patriotism. The government, the state, and the people become conflated into a single entity. Thus, to criticize the government is tantamount to disparaging the state and the people. In America, we are as guilty of this as anyone. When President Bush declared the War on Terror, too few of us questioned the logic and methods behind our government’s plan...
...other end of the scale, women who drank an average of 10 to 12 alcoholic beverages per week were 30 percent more likely to develop hypertension. High blood presure is linked with heart attacks, strokes and kidney damage...
...countries outlined in the report—Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, China and Russia—pose a clear danger to the security of the United States and its allies. All either have weapons of mass destruction, or have tried to develop them. Even more telling, several of these countries—most notably Iraq and Syria—have shown the willingness to slaughter their own people. And though Russia’s relationship with the U.S. has improved immeasurably since the Cold War, it would be irresponsible of the military not to have a nuclear contingency...