Word: concerns
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...There is concern that the preoccupation with zero casualties may boomerang. "Force protection has taken on a higher degree of importance than the other battlefield dynamics of firepower, leadership and maneuver, and has often stifled the flexibility of the operational commander," retired Army Colonel Max Manwaring wrote recently. The U.S. desire to avoid risking troops, though understandable, "sends mixed signals to warring factions, reduces U.S. credibility with coalition partners as well as antagonists, and hampers civil-military cooperation," he wrote. "Excessive emphasis on force protection can be politically and militarily dangerous...
...have long specialized in making mines out of plastic so they can't be located with standard mine-detection gear. The allies are using mine plows and remote-controlled vehicles to detonate such mines before sending troops in. The Serbs, however, are clever about planting underground bombs. There's concern that they've done what they did in Bosnia, trip wiring antitank mines to antipersonnel mines so a smaller mine explodes when a bigger mine is moved, or daisy chaining mines so that triggering one detonates an entire minefield. Though the Serbs have turned over maps of their minefields...
...will begin making choices about academics and extracurriculars--what sounds interesting? What would I like to try? Others have told you about academics and extracurriculars, in fact, Harvard will pretend like these are the only two areas of your life with which you should concern yourself. My advice to you is to seek another dimension of life at Harvard: other people. Unlike the course guide and the extracurricular fair, after orientation week you will never be presented with a chance to meet people and choose friends. I guess I thought there would be another chance, and so hung out only...
...worse yet, you or your friends may be very interested in talking to these professors but may find that they are not there for you. Students at Harvard at times voice the concern that their classes are too large and that they do not get to interact much with the excellent scholars that make up the departments. Or perhaps the volumes in the libraries or equipment in the labs are not as accessible or as exciting as they first seemed from the colorful brochures that Harvard sent you the summer before you arrived on campus...
...think a person with strong academic credentials...in almost any field, really. My own preference would be issues of concern to women," she added. Dunn said she would prefer a candidate who "understands Radcliffe historic mission" and could use that understanding to build the new Institute...