Word: preparedness
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Take, for example, the case of a prolapsed umbilical cord. In roughly 1 out of every 300 births, the cord slips down into the birth canal before the baby does and risks cutting off the baby's oxygen supply. Kitty Ernst, an expert on midwifery at the Frontier School of...
Since its founding in 1829 by Home Secretary Robert Peel (two slang terms for cops - "bobbies" and "peelers" - derive from his name), the Met has provided the model for city forces around the globe. It pioneered fingerprint technology and DNA evidence, and its experience in combatting terrorism stretches back to...
Al Salfi knows the Koran by heart and is prepared to do battle with the Islamic extremists on their turf - in prisons and in shantytowns where sometimes the only escape from despair is through the fumes of glue or hashish or a DVD of an al-Qaeda sermon extolling the...
Between 2004 and 2007, al-Qaeda in Iraq had "controlled the city", says General Ra'ad Jassim Mohammed, one of the lead Iraqi National Police commanders in Samarra. Today, the city is witnessing a slow but shaky revival. Two months ago, the central market re-opened; a university - the city...
The terminal also holds a 10,000-square-foot food hall designed by the architectural firm that helped style Whole Foods' prepared food section, along with nine sit-down restaurants - including a tapas bar and a steak house - that serve cuisine designed by the chefs of some of New York...