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...home for my liking." "The baseline anxiety level has been rising since 9/11," says Magnus Ranstorp, a terrorism expert at Scotland's St. Andrews University. Terrorists, he notes, are "looking for low-tech ways of making maximum mayhem." Substances like ricin - what Ranstorp calls "weapons of mass disruption" - fit the bill. As with the post-Sept. 11 anthrax attacks in the U.S., a small number of deaths can trigger a huge reaction. "Alert, not alarm," was the police message to the public and the health authorities. Although there is no vaccine or antidote for ricin poisoning, the substance...
Sellars uses a traditional translation, in part, he says, to avoid accusations that he twisted Euripides’ Greek to fit a political agenda...
...Meagan M. Marks ’05, who is involved with the Harvard Model U.N. simulation, the building and its artwork were a perfect fit for its global tenant...
...eliminating back-office duplication. "You get commercial intensity because you end up with a larger sales force and more strength in a particular category," says Accenture's Blumberg. "From a research perspective, with smaller companies, it's relatively hit or miss that the next drug is going to fit in with their commercial strength. With a large company, you're much more likely to have good coverage." Some doubt that merger mania is genuinely benefiting the companies involved. Robert Gray, a mergers and acquisitions expert at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, says industry mergers have not done as well as expected...
...Still, North Korea's actions fit a well-established pattern of North Korea negotiating via nuclear brinkmanship, and Pyongyang itself insists that it is ready to renounce its programs in exchange for economic aid and political recognition. While the Bush administration has insisted that it won't negotiate before Pyongyang closes down its nuclear program, U.S. allies in the region - most notably South Korea - are urging that Washington adopt a more flexible approach. That may cut against the administration's political instincts, but the president has strong grounds for stressing the potential for diplomatic efforts to resolve the standoff...