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...diplomats scrambled to contain the fallout, many echoed Clinton's questions: Why did India do it, and why now? Basking in atomic glory, B.J.P. officials insisted it was a matter of vital national security, a precaution against Pakistan's nuclear preparations, a deterrent to ward off China's hegemony. Just two weeks ago, Defense Minister Fernandes had suddenly called China "threat No. 1," claiming it was encircling India with missile and naval deployments of suspicious intent. But until then relations between the neighboring giants had been mending. Even though India has fought three wars with Pakistan, nothing has changed recently...
...only Clinton but the entire planet is facing a hard truth. There is little that can stop nations willing to swallow international condemnation in order to obtain the weapons of mass death they deem vital to their national security or just their national prestige. Unfortunately history remembers the bombs that go off, not the ones that...
WASHINGTON: President Clinton is running out of privileges. A federal judge Friday ruled that Secret Service agents must testify before the Lewinsky grand jury, rejecting arguments made by the Secret Service that such testimony would damage the close -- and vital -- relationship between U.S. Presidents and their protectors...
Since every gene holds the recipe for a vital protein, corrupt genes mean corrupt proteins: too much of one protein, too little of another, or a misshapen protein that doesn't function properly. The new generation of cancer drugs takes aim at these defective proteins, blocking them, disrupting them in myriad ways. Unlike old-fashioned chemotherapy drugs, the new substances don't poison the tumor--an approach that usually causes collateral damage to healthy cells. Instead, they aim to halt the processes that make a cancer cell act like a cancer cell in the first place...
...many businesses, acquiring customers is expensive, so holding on to them is vital. Ameritrade spent $25 million to add 50,000 new accounts in the fourth quarter last year, bringing its total to more than 200,000. That's $500 for each new account, well above the $300 that brokers usually spend to acquire new clients. Such hefty expenditures contributed to Ameritrade's loss of $11.5 million over its past two quarters...