Word: resets
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...best those missiles could carry is conventional explosives, the case for deploying the missile defense system in the face of the heavy diplomatic cost and financial burden ($4 billion through 2013) becomes increasingly dubious. For one thing, the Pentagon faces mounting bills of tens of billions of dollars to "reset" the U.S. military - replacing everything worn out in Afghanistan and Iraq - over the coming decade...
...Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University reports success in turning back the clock on cheek cells from a middle-aged woman, while James Thomson of University of Wisconsin, the first to isolate human embryonic stem cells, achieved the same feat with foreskin cells from a newborn baby. The achievements completely reset the boundaries of the stem cell debate, because both groups generated cells that looked and acted like embryonic stem cells, but without the need for eggs, embryos or ethical quandaries about where the cells came from. "I think this is the future of stem cell research," says Dr. John Gearhart...
Borrowers could refinance their mortgages with fixed-rate loans under a cautious remedy proposed by Bush on Aug. 31. But this will apply to only the 80,000 who have 3% equity in their home and can prove their original loan was being repaid until it was reset...
...Given that Hillary Clinton has been all over him for appearing to agree to bilateral talks with dictators too quickly and for making noises about invading Pakistan to go after al-Qaeda, Obama's pronouncements are an attempt to reset the table on foreign policy...
...tracks real estate and home loans, a typical subprime first mortgage that was originated in 2004 to 2006 will face a monthly increase of $407, and a typical teaser-rate loan, the type often sold to people based on their ability to pay the introductory rate and not the reset, will see monthly payments jump...