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Recently, in preparation for the government’s return to the money markets – from which it has been effectively excluded since 2010 – Greece’s public-debt authority has been testing the waters with a long-term bond issue.
The American government has not set a good example, having already abandoned the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, binding limitations on testing nuclear weapons and developing new ones, and a long-standing policy of foregoing threats of “first use” of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
Many economists, including the authors, have suggested a variety of alternatives to patent-supported R&D and testing that avoid these problems.
In some US states, applicants for public assistance, who are usually women, have to undergo drug testing.
Neither employers, nor insurance companies, may require genetic testing.
As genetic testing becomes increasingly able to predict not only health, but also some cognitive and personality traits, the prohibition on employer testing may also put German employers at a disadvantage in the international marketplace.
The German law’s most controversial feature is a prohibition on prenatal genetic testing for diseases that will manifest themselves only in adulthood.
Prenatal testing of fetuses (or of in vitro embryos before transfer to the uterus) is now well established throughout the developed world.
But all indications are that the North Koreans have accelerated their testing schedule and have made nuclear weapons a top priority.
The entire auto industry is now under scrutiny, as are regulators, whose testing procedures proved so easy to game and whose complex relationships with governments and auto manufacturers may not serve the public interest.
Others relate to nuclear tests—more than a dozen in the post-Cold War era, aggravated by the constant testing of long-range missiles.
Russia’s showcasing and testing of new military technology, such as high-precision rockets and other armaments, has reinforced that message.
China is now testing the credibility of US guarantees, raising the prospect that America’s friends and allies – starting with Japan – may have to take more of their security needs into their own hands.
A few years ago, in Beijing, he ran one of China's most popular TV shows, each week testing the limits of the authorities' indulgence.
Testing the Limits of Fossil FuelsMILAN – Most people recognize that human activity, primarily the use of fossil fuels, is contributing mightily to an increasing level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The United States Food and Drug Administration recently warned the giant pharmacy chain Walgreen’s to think twice before stocking personal genetic testing kits.
There are about three billion SNPs in the human genome, of which the personalized genetic testing companies each cover a fraction.
In the early days of genetic testing, researchers had considerable success in identifying the genetic basis of conditions such as Huntington’s disease.
But other firms have been accused of having more interest in developing a “biobank” of samples and data than in genetic testing.
Indeed, whenever nuclear assets have been least secure – during the Soviet Union’s collapse, China’s Cultural Revolution, and the Algiers putsch (when a group of mutinous retired generals set their sights on a nuclear device that France was testing in the Algerian desert) – they have not been compromised.
With a huge potential global market to amortize the upfront fixed costs of design and testing, the incentives to invest are compelling.
Now that China is testing its growing power by claiming territories, not just in the East China Sea, but also in the South China Sea, Japanese nationalists insist that Japan must act as a big power, and be seen as a serious player, fully prepared to defend its sovereignty, even over a few insignificant rocks.
Human tissue, organs and cells are used in place of animal tissue for testing pharmaceuticals and cosmetics because animals are expensive and using them incites protests.
Dealing with Russia's infant private sector may be risky, but it is a matter of assessing the professionalism of credit officers rather than testing the honesty of politicians;- concentrate on people.
Three years earlier, in October 1958, nuclear testing had ground to a halt after the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom agreed on a moratorium.
During most of this period, one could get the impression, although it was deceptive, that nuclear testing was actually over.
But the moratorium had been fragile from its very beginning, with nuclear-weapons establishments pushing hard for a resumption of testing.
With her “Baby Tooth Study,” the American physician Louise Reiss, who died earlier this year, proved in the 1960’s that radioactive fallout from nuclear testing had entered the food chain – and thus into human babies – all across the US.
It represents a strong norm – testing virtually screeched to a halt in 1996, when the Treaty became available for countries to adopt.
Only then did they really try to reach a comprehensive ban on nuclear testing – and failed.
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