Word: craning
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...Israelis couldn't draw out their quarry together, they could pick off the gunmen one by one. Outside the church, they set up a 300-ft.-tall crane and floated a blimp attached to a high-tension cable, mounting surveillance cameras on each. A team of intelligence officers kept track of movements in the church compound and relayed the information to snipers from the Special Police Unit, an elite squad that has the best marksmen in the Israeli services. The intelligence officers communicated with the snipers by using an aerial photo divided into tiny sectors; that made it easier...
...center’s reach will also be limited by budgetary restraints caused by the recent U.S. recession, competition for funds with HBS’ other overseas offices and lower than usual annual gifts to the HBS, Crane said...
While Business School officials refused to comment on the exact cost of the center, Crane said the new project would not cost more than one million dollars...
...Because of the slow down, we’re approaching [the center] slowly and conservatively,” Crane said. “In addition, the costs in Paris will be replacing costs back in Boston...
...Besides the growth of life science research, telecom research is a big deal for us, since wireless communications are much bigger in Europe than in the US,” said Crane, whose office will coordinate European research projects from Allston...