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...brief interlude, Zheng He challenged such conservative tendencies. By the end of his fleet's seven voyages, China had become an unrivaled naval power. As a result of the expeditions, the Emperor in Nanjing (and later Beijing when the capital was moved north in 1420) commanded the fear and respect of leaders throughout South and Southeast Asia. China had established itself as a trade and diplomatic force, its authority backed up by the thousands of troops who accompanied Zheng He on his travels. If countries could be said to "own" centuries - the 20th century is often viewed as America...
...Still, the Russian political and military brass would much rather let the Barents sea keep the evidence of their own fault than ever admit it, believes Vice-Admiral (R) Yevgeni Chernov. A sailor with 33 years experience in the silent service and once a fabled commander of the Northern Fleet nuclear submarines, Chernov contends that the raising operation was intentionally launched as a cover-up to leave the Kursk on the sea floor...
...company is a subsidiary of the privately held Evergreen International Aviation, based in McMinnville, Ore., whose interests include airplane sales, ground logistics and freight forwarding. The Air Center has done work for America West and cargo carriers such as Atlas Air, which has the largest fleet of 747 freighters in the world. Evergreen also maintains NASA's two 747s, used to haul the space shuttles. And it is one of only a handful of prep centers for Boeing. That means new planes from Boeing's factories are sometimes stored temporarily at Evergreen, then later prepared by Evergreen workers for final...
...never discovered any inclination to approve the sort of weapons-scrappings, base closings, and personnel cuts that the math demanded - not when the livelihoods of constituents were on the line. That was apparent at budget time at the end of June, when Rumsfeld proposed cutting the B1 bomber fleet - and just last week, 34 of the 60 members of the Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee wrote to Rumsfeld warning him against trimming the Army...
...Getty Foundation, the Smithsonian and UNESCO among others, to help restore damaged engravings and stones and revamp the lighting system. In a move that could spell an end to the bedlam around the entrance gates, Tata also plans a tourist center that will offer interpreters, computerized ticketing, banking, a fleet of shuttle buses, a cafE and washrooms. An army of 20,000 men took 22 years to build the Taj Mahal, eventually finishing in 1653. The hands of many of the workers were later mutilated to prevent them from duplicating their work elsewhere. Saving India's great jewel may take...