Word: developing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...decision was taken against the backdrop of the pressure to retaliate for the embassy strike, very real concerns that Bin Laden might be planning further attacks using chemical weapons, Sudan's history as a haven for terrorists (including Bin Laden) and evidence that Bin Laden had sought to develop chemical weapons there. All of that, and a soil sample showing traces of a nerve gas building block. The administration's position was summed up a month after the missile strike by National Security Adviser Sandy Berger: "With the knowledge that we had... had we not hit that target...
...second study of almost 7,000 participants, researchers found that those consuming four or more cups of coffee per day were two times more likely to develop RA than those who drank less. Because there are many types of arthritis, it's important to note that this RA was the type whose onset was associated with positive tests for rheumatoid factor...
...grand a machine turned out to be a lot easier than designing it, however, and over the next eight years, NASA spent a staggering $10 billion drawing and discarding blueprints, without a single piece of metal ever getting cut. "The space agency has no clue how to develop anything large anymore," says James Muncy, a former staff member on the House Space and Aeronautics subcommittee...
...agree. This year some Minneapolis suburbanites founded Family Life 1st to call for limits on extracurricular activities (you can visit the group's website at Family Life1st.org) Says the group's organizer Bill Doherty: "The problem is consumerism--overscheduling our kids because we think of them as products to develop...
...consultant for nearly a decade for McKinsey & Co. Ashoka started by raising "seed capital" mostly from small donors, including three family foundations belonging to Bill Golden, Mark Lipkin and John Klingenstein. Drayton was named a MacArthur fellow from 1984 to 1989, which gave him more time and money to develop Ashoka. By 1991 its budget was $2.2 million; it's now $11 million...