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...soldiers suggests that a military-style operation might be the answer. In the Washington Post, columnist Jim Hoagland called on the U.S. to use its armed forces for other emergencies in the future. Yet developing countries often balk at U.S. intervention. On the other hand, a reserve multinational rapid-deployment force headed by Japan and with standby units in other nations might be more acceptable...
...paper concludes that the dissolution of the Soviet Union can only be avoided by a rapid transition to a political democracy and a market economy in that country...
...relationship between Cambridge and the biotech industry has historically been mutually beneficial. The rapid development of the industry in Cambridge over the last few decades reinvigorated formerly depressed areas of the city and injected money into the city's economy...
...aquatic ecosystem, helping to break down dead shellfish. Cholera germs travel up the food chain by attaching themselves to plankton, which are eaten by fish and then by people. Studies by Rita Colwell, professor of microbiology at the University of Maryland, suggest that a plankton bloom, a rapid growth like the one reported off the coast of Peru earlier this year, may help trigger epidemics...
Within days after the viral burst, the researchers measured a rapid increase in the bloodstream of the number of anti-HIV antibodies. These Y-shaped bits of protein sought out the virus and targeted it for destruction. Once the antibody attack reached full scale in the seven test subjects, the level of HIV in the bloodstream dropped precipitously. In the majority of cases, the researchers could detect little or no virus two to three weeks later. "In other words, the normal immune system can shut down the AIDS virus," says Dr. Stephen Clark, who organized the study at the University...