Word: establish
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...ongoing battle forged by businesses and private citizens to establish a cyberspace Bill of Rights, big steps were taken last week toward the inclusion of a meaningful "freedom of encryption" clause. After months of empty promises and fierce negotiations, the Clinton administration finally announced that it would scale back its restrictions on the exportation of encryption software. The move was met with tentative approval by computer industry leaders and privacy-advocate groups alike, who feel the government still needs to direct its attention inward and begin removing some of the more cumbersome domestic encryption regulations...
After Woodbine nailed a pair of free throws to re-establish a six-point lead, it was Prasse-Freeman's turn to step up, draining the three and narrowing the score...
...students themselves, a large student population can establish a certain level of comfort...
...from the 1930s is a charming, if mechanically obsolete, relic. On the other hand, a technology developed 70 years ago to establish levels of tar and nicotine in cigarettes is still in use in federal laboratories - and determines the ingredient labels on today's cigarettes. And as a report in this week's issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute contends, that creaky cigarette "smoking machine" may be responsible for the dissemination of serious consumer misinformation. Why do smokers still believe they are "healthier" when they smoke Marlboro Lights as opposed to Reds? Because the Federal Trade Commission...
...Huge investments in research are particularly important now as firms try to establish reputations in a budding field that's expected to be the boom industry of the 21st century. Consumer trust will be key for biomed firms as they enter a period in which their products will become entangled in an ever-deepening web of philosophical questions. Over the course of the century this field is expected to increasingly have an impact on the length and quality of our lives, and, through genetic engineering, even alter who we are. To get there, the pharmaceuticals are following conventional corporate wisdom...