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...advance conditions aimed at protecting the rights of minorities. The most U.S. officials are authorized to say in public is that it would be nice if a future Iraqi government were "willing to live in peace with its neighbors and its own people." That is supposed to be a "signal" to Saddam's successors to tread gently north of the 36th parallel...
...opposite end of the spectrum are inflammatory diseases like arthritis and multiple sclerosis, in which things have got a bit too sticky. Normally, inflammation is part of the healing process. At a wound site, for example, chemical signals prompt the cells of nearby blood vessels to produce more CAMs, turning the vessels into a kind of biological flypaper that attracts platelets, leukocytes and other repair cells to the scene of destruction. Once healing is under way, the signals subside so the vessels lose their stickiness and inflammation recedes. But in a disease like arthritis, the chemical signal is always present...
...treatment of traumatic shock. Here too the goal is to prevent the body's own healing process from going awry. Traumatic shock can occur when accident victims lose large quantities of blood, causing cells in vital organs to starve for oxygen. The starving tissues trigger a distress signal that summons leukocytes and other members of the body's damage-control team, which begin to destroy distressed cells. Alas, if the signal stays on too long, cells are killed at a phenomenal rate and major organs begin to die even while hospital trauma teams are rushing to the rescue. Each year...
Bush's new stance is unfathomably pernicious. It erodes morale; it sends a signal to those who might aspire to top government positions that their service is barely valued; it could cause the quick resignation of the very employees the government most needs, since many are eligible for retirement right now and their pensions would be adversely affected if they stayed; and it would do almost nothing to trim the deficit. If passed by Congress, Bush's plan would cut the pay of 45,914 federal workers. The President could also unilaterally trim the salaries of 8,188 Senior Executive...
...recent ruling against MIT by Judge Louis C. Bechtle of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was a less appealing signal for college administrators...