Word: spills
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...October, as the U.S. began its Afghan-bombing campaign, public opinion in Pakistan turned against America. Sana did too. At stoplights near the Lahore bazaar, she saw vendors hawking bin Laden shirts and posters. She watched protesters spill into the streets, and though she didn't buy the bin Laden paraphernalia or attend the bin Laden demonstrations, she found herself agreeing with him. "This was hypocrisy. Why is an Afghan's life worth any less than an American's?" she asks. She felt revulsion at the U.S. air strikes, which left hundreds of Afghans dead and thousands more wounded...
...fans, Selig's last-minute attempts this week to avoid baseball's ninth work stoppage since 1972 have only added to his demerits. While polls show the majority of Americans back the owners on this year's most contentious points - revenue sharing and luxury tax - that goodwill does not spill over to the commissioner, who's widely seen as not taking an active enough role in the talks. His Wednesday arrival in New York, where players' and owners' representatives had been hunkered down for days, didn't impress players either. "I'm very grateful and appreciative that the commissioner...
TIME: If the U.S. stock market does not sustain this rally, doesn't that spill over into the global markets...
...thing, it might give prosecutors more incentive to cut deals. No public trial means no messy public disclosures of information the government considers sensitive. "The government sees they don't have to spill the beans if they take a plea bargain," says Douglas Cassel, director of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University and an attorney specializing in international human rights...
...Brazil, the government has sidestepped drug companies' patent claims by actively promoting generic drugs. Today, Brazilians comprise more than half the 230,000 citizens of poor countries currently taking retroviral drugs. Dr. Kennedy believes this trend will spill over into other countries, including China, creating a surging generic market. It's also quite possible, he adds, that scientists in those countries will simply use samples of the drugs to create their own, far less expensive versions...