Word: useful
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...want Casey Martin to have a productive year on the PGA Tour with the use of his golf cart. As I've said in "Justice" section, I'm for substantive equality of opportunity...
Because the Polar Lander was built by Lockheed Martin as well, and because it was to use Climate Orbiter as a communications relay, the panel looked into that probe too--and found the same weak management. "A recurring theme in the board's deliberations," reads the report, "was one of 'Who's in charge?'" It also raised questions about the probe's landing technology, which was complex, risky and largely untested...
...risk women in their 40s, ACOG still recommends a mammogram every one to two years and annually after age 50. However, a study released last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association brings into question the use of mammography in women after age 69. Researchers studied 10,000 women to try to determine whether annual mammograms provided enough benefit to warrant their use. The results showed, rather dramatically, that the gains in life expectancy for these elderly women were minimal. With some variation depending on the sample, only 1 death per 10,000 women is likely...
International trade has helped establish and maintain international peace and alleviate the desperate poverty of the world's least developed nations. Rich countries use tariffs, quotas and subsidies to keep out goods from the developing world. The environmental and human-rights problems in various countries cannot be pinned on worldwide trade. Experience demonstrates that economic development and openness can help achieve better human rights and environmental protection. MARK A. STUCKART Stamford, Conn...
...only to dealers who won't sell at gun shows, to require that dealers sell only one gun a month per buyer, to cut off those who sell a disproportionate number of guns linked to crimes, and to make the industry develop "smart" guns that only their owners can use...