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According to the CIA's assessment, Iraq can reactivate modest production of chemical weapons "within a few weeks to months." But if Saddam were stocking up new stores of chemical agents, he would still face challenges putting them to use. There is no evidence that the Iraqis have built devices able to deliver chemical weapons beyond Iraq's borders. He does not seem to have perfected chemical-tipped missiles, or the fusing devices and sophisticated sprayers needed to release the poison before it hits the ground. As of now, Saddam's most effective use of lethal chemicals would involve stuffing...
...line extensions, Lafley knows that P&G can live off its existing brands for only so long without developing a new blockbuster product, the kind it hasn't had since the Always feminine pad debuted in 1983. The Swiffer electrostatic mop and ThermaCare heat wraps have been only modest successes. And despite the early encouraging reception for Actonel--and the prospect of promising future treatments for diabetes and female sexual dysfunction--the relatively small, billion-dollar pharmaceutical division is still a major question mark. As Duke University business professor Kevin Schulman argues, consumer products and drugs "have very different product...
...darkroom techniques and leaving behind a striking black-and-white archive. A pacifist and intellectual, Imre refused to allow even popguns in his home, opposed the circumcision of his son and delighted in making whole villages out of folded paper for his children. "He was such a gentle, modest man," says Judit. "It was impossible not to love my father." The sound of Yiddish and the aromas of the seder suffuse other stories told to Centropa researchers. The craggy face of an old rabbi named Abraham Rezmovitz glares out from under a wide-brimmed hat in an account...
...frills league with low attendance, modest television coverage and no possibility for postseason play, this is as glamorous as it gets...
...Boston last month pinpointed three genes that may account for at least some of that variation. Mice that lack the genes, they reported in Science, grow grossly obese when fed a high-calorie diet enriched with fat and sucrose. By contrast, normal mice fed the same diet gain very modest amounts of weight...