Word: deployments
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Wilson will help operate the shuttle’s robot arm, which includes a special extension equipped with new cameras and laser scanners to assess the vehicle’s health. As the load master, Wilson will maneuver the mechanical appendage to deploy and retrieve cargo packages from to and from the space station...
...Baton Rouge, Governor Blanco revealed that her office had been working with New Orleans since last week to assist the city's beleaguered police force, many of whom still have no homes. "The situation is urgent and we will accelerate our plans to deploy law enforcement to the city tomorrow [Tuesday]," she said in a statement. "I will not tolerate criminal behavior... Criminals are not welcome in New Orleans or anywhere else in the state...
...think it can. Consider the cases of Giada De Laurentiis and Suzanne Goin, top chefs who, despite the hot rewards that surround them every day, manage to remain vanishingly thin. I wondered if, by examining how they do it, I might learn to deploy what psychologists call "effortful control" when passing the vending machine...
...members and outside experts - with Iraqis beamed in by teleconference - to discuss ways for U.S. officials to work with the counterparts in the new Iraqi government. Snow emphasized the discussions will be broader than just the military, including economic development, and Bush described the agenda as "how to best deploy America's resources in Iraq and achieve our shared goal of an Iraq that can govern itself, defend itself and sustain itself." Since last July 4, Bush has been saying that "as the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down." The President's aides hope that the 500-pound bombs...
Pentagon personnel managers have tried to increase the length of time between deployments--most soldiers get 20 months between tours. Pentagon officials say Army units deploy to Iraq for a year and Marines ship out for six months, but units from both services have been known to stay in Iraq longer. Says an Army general: "Are they stressed? Yes. Will it get worse? Yes. Is it affecting their combat ability...