Word: rising
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...disparate fanatics pursuing unique or mysterious agendas, with only the capacity for random violence in common. While governments have them under fairly good control and international terrorist incidents are relatively few (321 last year, down from 432 in 1933), it looks to the experts as if the 1990s rise of apocalyptic sects and Islamic extremism has merged with the increasingly easy availability of chemical and biological weapons that can kill thousands in an attack. The potential for random murder and catastrophic governmental disruption lies within reach of small, unsophisticated and irresponsible groups of true believers. "Nightmares are coming true,'' says...
...longtime fan of Buffett's. While other Buffett buffs were waiting for their hero to write a book that explains how he does it, Hagstrom came out of nowhere as a replacement author. The publication last November of his book, The Warren Buffett Way, helped spark a sudden rise in the stock price of Berkshire Hathaway from $16,000 to a record $25,000 a share (this is no penny stock). Since Buffett owns 42% of Berkshire Hathaway, Hagstrom's effort made Buffett $2 billion richer, at least temporarily. This is the biggest favor ever done to a subject...
...stroke victim's breathing machine. In Michigan a surgeon doing a mastectomy removed a woman's healthy breast instead of the diseased one. Are these isolated, if horrifying, events? Or could they be harbingers of a deadly trend? Though no statistical evidence shows that malpractice is on the rise, state licensing boards have stepped up their investigations of doctors. According to Public Citizen's Health Research Group, the number of physicians who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or restricted rose from 1,974 in 1992 to 2,190 in 1993, an 11% increase...
...terpenes, a component of the gooey resin in pine tree sap, shows that at least some trees actually do contribute to pollution by reacting with other pollutants and sunlight to produce ozone. While this is not yet cause for alarm, they add, the situation could get worse as temperatures rise because of the "greenhouse effect...
...seize these opportunities, DreamWorks and its competitors will need both the vision thing and the chutzpah thing. "Because the costs of manufacture and marketing continue to rise," says Peter Rawley, executive vice president of the International Creative Management agency, "the audience has to be expanded very rapidly. So we have to squeeze the Chinese, get them to sign on. Add India, Southeast Asia, Latin America. And if you are going to spend the money to develop those markets, you'd better go with a full caravan. You can't be like Marco Polo and say, 'Oh, you like silk...