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...keep warplanes flying right, Air Force pilots argue that there has to be a "man in the loop" - a person in the cockpit. A recently completed investigation into a crash of the Pentagon's most sophisticated unmanned aircraft may reinforce their bias. The Global Hawk, which is under development, is a $45 million drone with a 116-foot wingspan that can fly for more than a day, scouring terrain and relaying video to a ground station 3,000 miles away. Last March a Hawk on a simulated mission surprised its manned F-16 chase plane by rolling onto its back...
...expires in June - frees the Fed chairman to make fiscal policy free of any concern that his job may be on the line, and that may mean an interest rate hike designed to slow the economy and head off inflation when the Fed next meets. Fear of a tightening bias sent stock prices plummeting Tuesday, with the Dow losing 359.58 points and NASDAQ suffering a record single-day loss of 229.46 points. Wall Street's pain was shared on Asian and European markets Wednesday, and markets may remain somewhat jittery over the next four weeks ahead...
...walls. "Our vision," reads one, "is the world's most customer-centric company. The place where people come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online." Another banner floats above one of the aisles and lists the company's Six Core Values ("customer obsession, ownership, bias for action, frugality, high hiring bar and innovation"). It's like the Cultural Revolution meets Sam Walton. It's dotcommunism...
Safranek says this argument ignores school rules, which allow enrolled students never to set foot on campus. (They can take classes at community colleges if they wish.) He suspects the rules are really motivated by bias against home schooling, and he takes offense at the notion that his clients would lie to make their kids eligible...
...would be pity to let procedural hurdles discourage Harvard students from what could be an exciting career--whether it be under the Directorate of Intelligence (the analytical arm of the CIA) or Operations (clandestine services). Unlike other intelligence organizations under departmental bias, the CIA prides itself on being an independent agency free to provide accurate analysis and intelligence to policymakers. It has a mission unlike any other organization in the world and many in the Agency are indeed top talents, sharing a deep sense of camaraderie and pride...