Word: priore
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...operation or coming on line soon, including the planned $470 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), which will cover as much acreage as five Wal-Mart stores. On the short list of states in contention to host the NBAF is Mississippi, which has zero prior experience with such high-risk research. "While some expansion [of labs] may be justified," says Rhodes, "unwarranted expansion without adequate oversight is proliferation, not expansion...
...Also named by Le Figero: Thierry Breton, who prior to last June's legislative elections served as Economy Minister for the last conservative government. Breton is described in the AMF finding as having received a memo from an unidentified source in December 2005, warning EADS would be entering "a zone of turbulence." The memo to Breton also purportedly urged the French government to lower its 15% stake in the group before flying got rough for EADS, which would allow the state to "profit from the current value of shares, which incorporates only the good news of the last financial year...
...Timoney's answer to the emboldened attacks on his colleagues is to give them matching firepower. Although it had been in the works prior to officer Somohano's death, the day after the fatal shooting Timoney signed a new police directive authorizing Miami patrol officers to carry AR 15s, a military-grade assault weapon. "Cops understandably feel they are outgunned," Timoney says. "Nine, ten months ago we looked at what can we do to give the officers a fair chance...
...basis our ability to communicate effectively with students in the event of an emergency.” Nelson added that much of the work, including a study of cellular connectivity across campus, that contributed to the original decision to remove the red phones had happened “prior to incidents that occurred last year,” including the Virginia Tech shooting. One of the safety advantages of the red phones, according to Nelson, is that Cambridge and Harvard University police can trace the location of callers, even when they cannot speak into the receiver. In a draft...
...vetoing Democratic plans to add $22 billion to next year's budget for education, health and veterans' programs. But Bush's fighting words aren't just about the current battle over spending - they are as much about his efforts to shape his legacy as a committed fiscal conservative, all prior evidence to the contrary...