Word: stoppingly
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...Pakistani military and intelligence services are reluctant to comply. In the past, they have used groups like Lashkar to fight a proxy war against India, and the militants keep the cause of Kashmir--a popular one throughout Pakistan--alive. Islamabad has traditionally argued that the best way to stop the militants is to resolve the long-standing dispute. But after the terrorism of Mumbai, the Indian government is unlikely to be any more conciliatory...
...push both sides for some movement on Kashmir, the issue on which their diplomatic talks have repeatedly faltered. Indian foreign policy experts say the U.S., which has supplied the Pakistani military with billions of dollars since 2001, may have the leverage to persuade the generals to stop shielding militant groups like Lashkar...
...right to pass the blame. Pathogens like the influenza virus pass like a holiday fruitcake from person to person, but you probably don't think much past the one who gave it directly to you. An infectious-disease expert, on the other hand, would not be satisfied to stop there. What about the person who passed the virus on to your colleague, the one before him and others earlier still? Contagious diseases operate like a giant infectious network, spreading like the latest YouTube clip among friends of friends online. We're social animals; we share. (See the Year in Health...
...vacant. Currently, Harvard owns more land on the other side of the river—350 acres in Allston—than it owns in Cambridge—225 acres. “The last thing that we want is for Harvard to slow down and to stop developing its property in Allston,” said Task Force member Harry Mattison. “If Harvard owns these properties and really can’t afford to improve them, they should sell them to someone who can.” Mattison suggested that Harvard think of creative temporary uses...
...purpose: to sink the ship of Obama like Corsi did to that of John Kerry four years before. But unfortunately for him, his allegations about Obama’s “extensive connections to Islam” and continued drug use into law school and beyond failed to stop the campaign for change. One can only wonder how full of spite Corsi must be now, if this was how he was before his desires were thwarted. —Sanders I. Bernstein is the outgoing Books Editor. He loves writing hateful lists...