Word: preventable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...argued heatedly with critics who wanted to scrap the plan. Finally last week, President Bush called an unusual National Security Council meeting to thrash out the issues. In the end, he decided on a compromise: to go through with the deal but to apply safeguards that will prevent Japanese contractors from getting access to the most important technology. According to presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, Bush has yet to decide on "at least three or four basic issues regarding the agreement," which he is expected to announce this week...
...could make such statements; but Professor Wylie's remarks are way out of line. He said that "students who [want] to practice killing their fellow humans [can] go to MIT." I would like to remind him that the purpose of the armed forces is to defend America and prevent other nations from killing our citizens and destroying our property. If it weren't for the brave men who gave their lives to protect this nation, none of us would enjoy the liberties and freedoms which we hold so dear...
Papandreou's staunch denial of wrongdoing did not prevent rival politicians from calling for his resignation. "He is becoming a laughingstock with his repeated theories about plots," said Constantine Mitsotakis, head of the conservative New Democracy Party. Two members of the Prime Minister's own PASOK party, both former ministers, also called on Papandreou to step aside -- so far the only signs of internal revolt...
...means that synthetic copies of the molecule might one day be made into a decoy medicine. Sprayed into the nose, the drug could confuse invading rhinoviruses, luring them away from the real cell receptors in the body. Once bound to the synthetic, the viruses could be neutralized and thus prevented from causing colds. But that strategy, which might prevent but probably would not cure an active cold, has thus far worked only in the test tube. Relief is still years away...
Headed by Nobel laureate James Watson, the project is ushering in a new era in medicine. Doctors may eventually be able to predict, cure and even prevent deadly genetic disorders as well as heart disease and cancer. -- The quest is already raising a host of thorny legal, ethical and philosophical issues, from discrimination to invasion of privacy. See SCIENCE...