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• n  (of living things) capable of normal growth and development
• n  capable of being done in a practical and useful way

• What spooks many people is the question, Once you start checking eggs for viability, what else can you screen for? Whole cells can already be harvested from embryos, and free .
• Sometimes deals are made as in 2004, when Dennis Kucinich, lacking viability, threw his support behind John Edwards (this year, he's getting behind Barack Obama).
• Don't oversell sell the viability thing.

News & Articles

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• Self-Charging Solar Cells: Better Than Batteries?
  A research team at the University of Wisconsin in Madison has demonstrated the viability of a design for solar panels that can simultaneously generate and store electrons harvested from sunlight in a single device.
  June 12, 2013 - Forbes
• Gaza's viability at stake, U.N. rights envoy says
  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator accused Israel on Monday of imposing collective punishment on 1.75 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and said that the enclave's viability was at stake. Both Israel and its close ally the United States boycotted the debate at the Human Rights Council where Richard Falk presented his latest report. It ...
  June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Fitch Affirms Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd's IDR at 'A-'; Upgrades Viability Rating to 'bbb-'
  Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited's long-term Issuer Default Rating at 'A-'. The Rating Outlook remains Stable. In addition, Fitch has upgraded the banks' Viability Rating to 'bbb-' from 'bb+' and removed it from Rating Watch Positive.
  June 11, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Mitch McConnell in Herald Zeitung
  The measure, McConnell said, "fails to require the kind of serious reform that will ensure long-term viability for struggling automobile companies."
• President Bush in BBC News
  This is an essential short-term measure to ensure the viability of America's banking system,Mr Bush said. "This is not intended to take over the free market, but to preserve it."
• David Petraeus in FOXNews
  Last week, Gen. David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, told Congress that Iranian-backed "special groups" pose "the greatest long-term threat to the viability of a democratic Iraq" in unchecked.