Word: partialness
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...Democracy failed in Pakistan in the 1990s because of army meddling, overreaching politicians and a weak judiciary. But recently a hope had been growing that this year's elections could provide the outline of a partial solution to those problems. That solution could look like this: Musharraf would step down as army chief and be re-elected for a final term as President; Bhutto, the leader of the party likely to have the largest representation in Parliament, would become Prime Minister; and Chaudhry, his suspension reversed, would serve out his remaining tenure as Chief Justice...
...This partial solution has many failings, not least that it would afford Musharraf a further five years of substantial political power. But it would separate the role of President and army chief, thus allowing the military to step back from directly running the country. It would strengthen democracy by allowing the Prime Minister to speak with the real authority that comes from representing a majority of the population. And it would set a precedent for judicial independence in a land where that has been sorely lacking. If Musharraf is to have a positive role in the future of the country...
...comes as a long-anticipated bookend to the four-year-long effort to replace the Core. But the work of implementing the new curriculum is just beginning, and many questions remain unanswered as the Faculty gears up for its biggest curricular transition in a generation.The approved legislation provides a partial timeline for the implementation of the new program. The committee that administers the Core is slated to be dissolved at the end of the coming academic year—but the legislation does not spell out when the Core itself will cease to exist.Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross...
...human cases have lately popped up in Egypt, Laos and Cambodia. The frontline in the war against the disease remains the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia, which has recorded more bird flu fatalities - 75 deaths, including 18 this year - than any other country. But the world only has a partial idea of what's happening with bird flu in Indonesia. That's because the country stopping sharing samples of the H5N1 virus with the World Health Organization (WHO) starting at the end of last year. Every time a country records a new human cases of avian flu, it is expected...
...doses. That means that a new pandemic could well run its course and kill millions before anyone could get their hands on a new vaccine. Everyone - rich and poor - would be left out. At best, a previously stockpiled vaccine made from the current strain of H5N1 could provide some partial immunity, but there will be no way of knowing until the pandemic hits...