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...best protect Americans from this new threat? No defense can ever be foolproof, and a free society will always be vulnerable to those who would abuse its liberties. As a result, preparation appears to be the best means of crisis prevention. The U.S. must gather as much information as possible about the biological weapon stores of other nations, train infection control teams and secure stores of vaccines and poison antidotes. Simulated scenarios like “Dark Winter,” rehearsed on a broader scale, can help the U.S. improve its response to a possible attack. An efficient...
Over the course of the study, 42 people died and donated their brains for autopsy--the only foolproof method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease. To the researchers' surprise, 21 of the 25 people who had originally shown signs of MCI proved to have Alzheimer's disease at autopsy--many more patients than they had anticipated...
...Grille has become much more challenging for the average patron," one first-year regular writes in an e-mail message. "While previously the 'pass-back' was an almost foolproof method for getting in a friend who did not have a positive ID, such activity is no longer even an option. It seems as though the bouncers have become much more scrupulous...
...These companies expect very brisk sales in the coming year. Meanwhile, scientists at Harvard and Berkeley are getting together to propose a foolproof national system. Conferences and symposiums on voting reform are springing up everywhere. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer promises to set up a commission to entertain all suggestions and pick us out a winner. Hillary Clinton wants to ditch the Electoral College. Bill Clinton thinks something ought to be done...
Such an electronic balloting system would provide rapid and nearly, if not entirely foolproof, ballot counting and certification. The system could be set up to keep a list of voters and whom they voted for. Hard-core civil libertarians might contest the possibility that such a system wouldn't maintain voter anonymity. But stipulations could be legislated to prevent disclosure of this information except in the event of a court order based on substantiated allegations of voter fraud...