Word: repairable
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...objective of Israel's 22-day military operation, and its aircraft and artillery pounded the sandy patch of land along the Egyptian border in the hope of collapsing them. But as soon as the truce was declared, the diggers got busy again, using shovels and jackhammers to repair tunnels caved in by bombing and to begin burrowing new ones...
...therapy revolves around coaxing the stem cells to develop into a type of cell known as an oligodendrocyte, which in turn gives rise to critical insulation and growth factors that can repair neurons damaged by a trauma to the spinal cord. Geron has named its version GRNOPC1. By having more of these cells around the spinal cord, more nerves might be repaired and can then potentially re-establish proper connections. Simply by working with the GRNOPC1 cells, Geron scientists have learned more about how they operate, which will expand their understanding of how the central nervous system might be healed...
...bill means to spend $44 million to repair the U.S. Department of Agriculture's headquarters. About $400 million will go to repairing national monuments in Washington, which are somehow considered essential to national infrastructure...
...million he paid for the house when he bought it in 2004. If he were to sell it today, Geithner's house would fetch $1,357,500, according to Zillow. Add in real estate agent fees, plus any money Geithner put into the house in remodeling and repair costs, and Geithner is probably looking at an investment loss of more than $300,000. He can use that to lower the taxes he may have to pay against long-term stock-market gains, if he is lucky enough to have any of those. But don't try to write the house...
...spell arrest and far worse. The Rohingya's lot in Burma is dire, says Sean Garcia, a consultant for the Washington-based Refugees International. "They are not allowed to survive," he says. Denied state documents, the Rohingya have to apply for permission to move from village to village, to repair a mosque, even to get married. Rohingya frequently fall victim to forced-labor drives by the military. The Burmese government, say Rohingya rights-groups, sees them as interlopers in the predominantly Buddhist land. Illiteracy rates in North Rakhine state, where the Rohingya are a majority, run near 80%, and malnutrition...