Word: prompts
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...just-in-time society, that may not seem like a lightning response. But it's far better than allowing the invisible killers to linger undetected for days, exposing ever more people to infection. Also, it makes it possible for newly infected people to seek prompt treatment. "You can usually treat things like anthrax fairly well within the first day," says Richard Langlois, senior biomedical scientist at Livermore. "Once you have symptoms, it's very difficult...
...military confrontation, and the only effective non-military forms of pressure - such as economic strangulation - require China's active cooperation, as the supplier of the bulk of North Korea's energy and much of its food. But as much as China fears that a nuclear-armed North Korea might prompt Beijing's key regional competitor, Japan, to go nuclear, it may currently fear the chaos brought on by the collapse of Kim Jong Il's regime even more. Beijing and Seoul are looking to resolve the crisis by reviving and tightening up the 1994 agreement under which North Korea undertook...
...children become obese? One important factor is insulin, which enables the body to store extra calories as fat. Physical exercise helps control insulin levels, while certain foods elicit its massive release. For example, ingesting fat alone doesn't prompt a big surge in insulin, but fat combined with starches and sugar does. A child who sits in front of the TV for hours on end, eating potato chips and doughnuts, is an ideal fat-storage machine...
...Economic liberalization has led to cultural liberation too, as young Indians become more connected to global entertainment. From only two staid state-run television channels in the early 1990s, cable-TV subscribers can now get 80 or more, replete with MTV and episodes of Friends. These mutually reinforcing trends prompt Indians to crave the big-name foreign brands that India's protectionist politicians kept out of reach for so long...
...fact, the only subject that could prompt Ford to stray from the topic of a lecture was his pet sport, baseball. Ford, who played baseball in high school and college, was an avid fan. According to his son, one of his greatest disappointments was that neither of his two favorite teams—the Chicago Cubs of his hometown and the Boston Red Sox of his adopted city—won the World Series during his lifetime...