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This year's iteration of Vital Signs: The Health and Readiness of the Defense Industrial Base marks the third consecutive year that the National Defense Industrial Association offers an unclassified analysis [...]

President Joe Biden in May embarked on one of the most high-profile and consequential diplomatic trips of his administration. Set against the backdrop of escalating global tensions--most notably Russia's invasion [...]

Research shows that individuals apply distorted casual attributions to explain their own and others' behaviours, typically using positive attributes for their own actions and negative ones for others. A new study analyses the response of 111 managers from international organizations in Hungary to a list of success factors. The study discusses the widespread misattribution of others' priorities and suggests that the most plausible explanation is nationality differences.

NERVOUSLY, TRICIA MATTHEWS LOOKED AT THE VIALS A technician had placed on the cabinet near the examining table where she was sitting. There were at least 12, maybe 15. How […]

ELAINE DOBBIE CHERISHED THE NEW LIFE GROWING inside her. She and her husband, Perry. had already selected the name Samuel for the child if it was a boy. Their 3-year-old […]

Actor Kevin Costner knows there's no smooth sailing after a polar-ice meltdown. In Waterworld, his recent big-screen drama, there's water everywhere - but almost none to drink. Earth's landmasses have […]

'What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators, Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?' So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply 'They are merely conventional signs! 'Other [...]

William Webster, the fourteenth Director of Central Intelligence, likes to joke that he initials his office paperwork in James Bond style-'00-14.' But by the end of this spring he may [...]

THE SECRET PLOT TO OUST SADDAM HUSSEIN THE PRESIDENT'S FACE ALTERNATELY registered worry and rage. The director of central intelligence stood before him with shattering evidence, in the form of [...]

Sustainability and affordability don't occupy the same house often enough--but in New Jersey passion, innovation, and public funding have come together to do the job. New Jersey is one of [...]

For a company dedicated to public broadcasting, the old offices of WGBH in Boston were decidedly private and disjointed. Boston's last remaining independent TV station, and a preeminent public broadcaster [...]

Focuses on a gene therapy for brain tumor being tested at various hospitals int he United States and abroad. Case of brain tumor patient Betty Perr, who was successfully treated for a glioblastoma; Safety and effectiveness of the gene therapy; Potential application of the methods in treating other diseases.

Focuses on the use of fetal brain cells to treat Parkinson's disease. Disease symptoms; Alternative treatments; Moral and ethical issues concerning the use of fetal cells in disease research; Replacement of brain cells killed by the disease with fetal cells; Surgical procedure and technique; Effectiveness of fetal cell treatment.

Millions of people swear by herbs and pills that promise to sharpen the mind. Are they remembering something you ought to be? You've talked to the woman at every budget […]

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Richard Nash Gould designs two floors at a Park Avenue address for one of New York's oldest law firms. For the past 12 years, Sullivan & Cromwell, founded in 1879 […]