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...cope with the growing threat, the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, or MRAP, has become a staple of patrols. The hulking personnel carrier is equipped with a V-shaped hull to absorb and disperse the impact of most roadside bombs and keep rolling. Some argue they are too hefty for the Afghan terrain, but many officers swear MRAPs have saved lives. There are plans to introduce a lighter version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan | 6/9/2009 | See Source »

...This deal, they said, fell apart for economic - not political - reasons. The proposed Chinalco investment came when global commodity prices were at their nadir; BHP had walked away from a merger with Rio a few months earlier, and the company was in sudden and desperate need of cash to cope with a nearly $40 billion debt burden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Deal Blown, Where Will China Invest Now? | 6/7/2009 | See Source »

...Although these professors have all been considered for the position, whether they would accept an offer to serve as Dean remains unclear—assuming the position entails largely sacrificing one’s research and taking on increased hours to cope with the responsibilities of leading the Law School...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HLS Dean Search Narrows to Four | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...determine it in the way that the traditional heroic approach to leadership suggests. The “Big Man” type of leadership works well in societies based on networks of tribal cultures which rely on personal and family honor and loyalty, but are not well adapted for coping with today’s complex information based world. Institutional constraints such as constitutions and impartial legal systems circumscribe such heroic figures. Societies that rest on heroic leaders are not able to develop the civil society and broad social capital that are necessary for leading in today?...

Author: By Joseph S. Nye | Title: Nature and Nurture in Leadership | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...handle smaller cases, the committee encouraged, doling out official “House warnings” as punishments.According to Losick, a former Ad Board member, going before the board can be a punishment in itself in cases, when students are only accused of minor transgressions and are forced to cope with the sometimes stressful policies of the Board.“People have been threatened with the Ad Board for propping a door open in their room,” Sundquist said. “That’s a local issue that can easily be dealt with...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking Reform Off The Shelf | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

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