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...feel like the new procedures are somewhat excessive, considering the number of checks on foreigners already in place,” she said. “I think that [they] won’t enhance U.S. security, but they could create backlash from foreign countries...
Cantley said that under normal circumstances, the development of an FDA-approved drug following the identification of key molecules would take approximately 10 years. But the process might be speeded somewhat in this case, he said, because of the U.S. military’s fear that inhalation anthrax, the most devastating form of the disease, might be used in a biological attack against major cities...
...They all believed that Saddam's Iraq was armed to the mustache with concealed deadly weaponry. Saddam's fault? He too, it turns out, might have been mistaken, having been deceived by scientists and generals too scared to tell their tyrannical boss that the cupboard of toxic weaponry was somewhat bare. So the war that dominated the year, the war that liberated millions, the war that finally captured one of the most horrifying mass murderers in history, was at least partly built on a series of deceptions, mistakes and failures. By everyone...
Cuba's reliance on tourism is a somewhat humbling turn for the revolution, which has long prided itself on producing topflight doctors and teachers--not concierges. But the island state had few other options once it lost its huge Soviet subsidies in 1990. Since then, it has built a $2 billion-a-year tourism industry that accounts for 41% of the country's hard-currency reserves. The annual tally of visitors has quintupled in the past decade, to 1.9 million. The island, roughly the size of Florida, has 11 international airports. With its appeal to mambo-era nostalgia...
Mazzoleni estimated that his team has allowed nearly a goal a game with a man in the box. While somewhat of an overstatement, the team’s struggles on the defensive end are eclipsed only by the team’s futility with the man advantage...