Word: preventive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cheaper. In the military bargain of the century, the Pentagon purchased 21 top-of-the-line MIG-29C fighters from the former Soviet republic of Moldova for a totally crazy $40 million. But what exactly does the U.S. military plan to do with the planes it bought, ostensibly to prevent them being sold to Iran...
Although MIT has taken numerous steps recently to prevent unauthorized access to its computer system, hackers in the past several weeks have infiltrated MIT's computer network and certain personal computers on campus, forcing Harvard to re-examine its own computer security system...
...that is bad. Slamming on the brakes of a runaway market may help prevent a worse crash later. Also, devaluation of Asian currencies will make Asian exports cheaper, help keep inflation at bay in the U.S. and deter the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates...
...chose to make the offer himself. That is encouraging." Estrada-Oyuela warned other representatives against reacting impulsively and said the measures proposed by the U.S. would have to be analyzed carefully before action could be taken. Diplomatic words, certainly, but also an admission that without U.S. help, nothing can prevent the temperature from spiraling upward unchecked...
...suggesting that ginkgo will cure dementia or prevent Alzheimer's. At best, the benefit is limited to a third of patients. But the effect was most pronounced on the subjects who were the least impaired, suggesting that if Alzheimer's is treated early enough, dementia might be postponed...