Word: developable
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Doubtless, reverberations of the upheavals that rock Kabul will also be felt in Islamabad, Baghdad, Riyadh, Cairo and Tehran. The Bush administration needs to take these reverberations into account and move beyond retaliation to develop a more global strategy instead of petulantly pursuing their present series of reactionary policies in an attempt to boost lagging American confidence. Already, the U.S.-led coalition is shaky at best. Exisººting tensions between Pakistan and India have jeopardized the stability of the coalition, with India threatened by the recent warming of U.S.-Pakistani relations. With such antagonistic neighbors both possessing a nuclear...
...civilian." Governments across Western Europe, their feet held to the fire by strong civil-liberties groups, have been protective of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. And while the European Union has demolished barriers to the movement of goods and people, its 15 nations have been slow to develop common institutions of criminal justice and investigation. For Atta and his cell of alleged conspirators in Hamburg, the characteristics of modern European life were a godsend. In addition to the hijackers known to have lived there, other men alleged to be part of the Hamburg cell have had arrest warrants...
There are also plenty of reasons you might develop fever, chills and muscle aches that have nothing to do with either anthrax or flu. Indeed, doctors estimate that more than 80% of all flulike ailments each winter are caused by other groups of viruses, like the parainfluenza and picornavirus families. Getting vaccinated against flu can't protect you against suffering from these other respiratory ailments...
...Dolan sisters--who seem to want to supplant the McCourt brothers in ubiquity--have released a book, Satellite Sisters' UnCommon Senses (Riverhead; 370 pages; $24.95). It posits, through a series of anecdotes told by each sister, that when you grow up in a large family, you develop an extra set of senses that help you both stand out from and connect to your kin. This, at least, is the conceit. But the underlying mantra of the book and the radio show is the same: talk is good. Even seemingly insignificant banter, such as the discussion about the aforementioned gravy boat...
Avery said she sees the awarding of grants as one major way in which the Trust can develop its relationship with women undergraduates. She said she would eventually like to see the Trust's level of grant-giving reach that of the Harvard Foundation for Race and Intercultural Relations. The Foundation gave out about $40,000 in grants last year to groups aiming to improve racial awareness and understanding on campus...