Word: pose
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...preliminary study, Israeli researchers successfully used ultrasound to break up BLOOD CLOTS that cause heart attacks. The technique is less invasive than bypass surgery and, unlike clot-busting drugs, does not pose a risk of excessive bleeding...
...these six teams, perennial arch-rival Princeton appears to pose the strongest threat to Harvard earning its first ever Ivy League softball crown...
...trickier question--one that shows the Chivas Regal effect hasn't quite burned off--to pose to a university executive is, If you could cut tuition without sacrificing anything, would...
...Galatis demanded, but the NRC rejected his plea for it to suspend the company's license, insisting that "the relative safety significance" of the fuel-pool issue "is low," a conclusion disputed by a host of industry-watchdog engineers. The "pervasive noncompliance" that Galatis uncovered, the agency admitted, did pose a potential threat to public safety. The NRC informed Galatis in December that its long-term shutdown of Millstone "constitutes a partial grant of the petitioner's requests." The agency is delaying a decision on enforcement actions until the U.S. Attorney's office in Connecticut winds up its investigation...
...stock markets surging, is poised for stable growth, Courtis said. "And if China moves ahead an inch, the rest of Asia moves ahead a foot. We're going to have a very strong year from Beijing to Bombay." But China's July 1 takeover of Hong Kong could still pose a problem. Courtis optimistically declared that even though Hong Kong's physical and business environment will become more polluted and "the people will be less free," nonetheless, "the goose will get used to a different diet and still lay golden eggs." Garten was not so sure: "The viability of Hong...