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...Indonesia is J.I.'s undisputed heartland. The vast majority of Indonesians do not support terrorism, but given the size of the population, even a tiny minority of violent believers can translate into thousands of potential terrorists. In Indonesia, it is not illegal to be a member or a supporter of J.I., which portrays itself as a religious organization. As long as J.I. propaganda, recruitment and fund-raising are tolerated, the group will be able to recruit and form fresh operational cells...
...CRIME AND PUNISHMENT The vast majority of Miers' corporate cases were resolved without litigation, so she has rarely seen the inside of a courtroom. She has expressed strong opinions, though, about the justice system, advocating the expansion of free legal aid and encouraging lawyers to do more pro bono work. In a 1993 A.B.A. Journal article, she called for more funding for the defense of death-row prisoners in Texas. Miers also served on the board of Exodus Ministries, a Christian group that helps former prisoners adjust to life outside prison...
...H5N1, after two proteins (hemagglutinin and neuraminidase) that dot the surface of the virus like spikes on a mace. Since 2003, more than 100 people have become sick enough to come to the attention of health authorities, and at least 60 of them have died. So far, the vast majority have been infected through close contact with birds; human-to-human infection is still extremely rare. What gives health authorities nightmares is the possibility that the lethal H5N1 could mutate into a virus that is easily passed among humans...
...been nearly 25 years since Drs. Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren showed that the vast majority of peptic ulcers are caused by a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori, a discovery that was honored last week with a Nobel Prize. Yet I'm always surprised by how many ulcer sufferers don't realize that their stomach pains can be easily and effectively cured with antibiotics...
...Rose’s couch and they establish a somewhat reciprocal, primarily parasitical, relationship, in which Maggie updates Rose on the latest fashions (“1994 called—it wants its scrunchie back”) in return for unauthorized loans from Maggie’s vast shoe collection...