Word: containment
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...Obama has authorized the deployment of 17,000 U.S. troops to reinforce the NATO mission currently struggling to contain the Taliban's advance. That's only half the number requested by U.S. commanders there; the President is awaiting the completion of a strategy review (the third since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001) before committing to a new plan. And his comments on Saturday, in an interview with the New York Times, suggest that reconciliation with elements of the Taliban may be a key part of that strategy. For many observers on the ground, however, proposing negotiations and compromises...
...doing now," says political analyst and academic Ayesha Siddiqa, "is recruiting people and sending them to fight elsewhere." Some are going to Kashmir, she says, but many more are fighting in Bajaur and Swat, in the North-West Frontier Province, where government forces are waging a losing war to contain militancy. Groups like LeT have always been open about their goals for an Islamic state, and few doubt that they would resort to violence to achieve it. Says Siddiqa: "At a later stage, they will bring the jihad home." It may already be happening. In the provincial capital of Lahore...
...hospitals and big clinics think they can make more money with EMR, why then does everyone from the President on down believe that computerized medicine will help contain costs rather than inflate them? Is it simply that better medicine should be cheaper in the long run and having all that information available should make for better medicine...
...accurate. He suggested a counter-effect in the record applicant numbers in recent years, a statistic that would discourage students from applying.In an additional effort to cut costs, the admissions office will also scale back on the size of information packets mailed to prospective applicants. The packets will still contain a copy of the common application and Harvard supplement—for the ten percent of students who do not apply to Harvard online—but much of the additional information will now be moved online.—Staff writer Jillian K. Kushner can be reached at kushner@fas.harvard.edu...
...intends to use this slowdown to consolidate the country's sprawling auto industry. China has more than 100 carmakers. Chinese media outlets are reporting that the government hopes to reduce 14 major carmakers to 10 this year. At the same time Beijing's economic planners would like to contain the industry's production capacity, which expanded greatly in recent boom years. "So far China has gotten away with that growth," says Dunne, but the slowdown puts "unprecedented pressure on weaker makers. Everybody looked good when you were growing...