Word: containment
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...story of September 29 about e-mail messages to Harvard College students from a former graduate student in the Economics Department. It is hard for me to believe that anyone who reads these e-mails, or the former student’s blog, will take the allegations they contain as seriously as The Crimson seems...
...less chance that HIV can bind to healthy cells--that did not happen in this study. Which means that although those who are vaccinated might be protected, they are still very infectious and can continue to spread HIV--not an ideal side effect of a vaccine meant to contain an infectious disease...
...next time you're tempted to buy Viagra, Lipitor or some other medication online, ponder this: there's a high likelihood that what you buy will be fake. The pill or vaccine may contain a much smaller dosage than stated, or it may lack any active ingredient whatsoever. Worst of all, it could be toxic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 50% of drugs sold online have either been falsified or altered in some way. And Internet sales are just the tip of a much bigger problem. Falsified medicines are especially prevalent in developing countries...
...there is a real and strong middle option: to put ourselves and friendly Afghans in a position to manage future terrorist threats in that country without a major U.S. combat role. We can accomplish this by doing what we actually know how to do: arm, train, divide the enemy, contain and deter...
...Fourth, start doing what the U.S. does well - deterrence and containment. To deter, we must maintain a small, residual capability in Afghanistan for a few years, as well as offshore air and missile capabilities to inflict harsh punishment when necessary. To contain threats, Washington needs to form alliances with neighboring states like Pakistan, India, China, Russia and even Iran, which supported us in the early days of the war. All share an interest in combatting Sunni-based religious extremism as well as the drug trade...