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...beam of electromagnetic radiation, causing its target to experience a burning sensation - is just the latest attempt to make crowd control more effective yet less lethal. Unlike traditional brute-force methods of dispersal - such as rubber bullets and batons, which can maim or even kill - a new wave of hi-tech crowd-control gadgets promises to keep the peace without causing casualties...
...question, people say why do you talk to the Soviet Union is that what we were able to establish with the Soviet Union was a strong position of leverage over time. Whether it was sanctions that not only were aimed at Soviet military power, but at Soviet hi-tech. I remember once saying to someone, (inaudible) doesn't have a lot of phones. You go into an office in the Kremlin, there are 10 phones on the desk. Well, it's because we have denied them the switching technology that allows you to switch between lines...
While students at Duke University get free iPods and Pennsylvania State University students have free Napster, every now and then, the powers that be at Harvard get together to sprinkle some hi-tech fairy dust around campus. This is one of those times. The University is about to be ushered into the digital age; thank you, Harvard College Libraries (HCL), for cutting the chains...
...less competitive. "The question isn't halting the departure of lower-skilled jobs to cheaper markets, and Sarkozy should know that," says Marc Touati, chief economist of Natexis Banques Populaires. "The challenge is getting those same companies to reinvest gains made from outsourcing to create new jobs in research, hi-tech and skilled services back home." It all just reinforces the impression among critics that Sarkozy cares more about publicity than policy. "Politically, it was a smart move," says French political commentator Alain Duhamel. "Preventing job loss through outsourcing will require careful planning and growth co-ordination on a European...
SICA also arranged for delegates to speak to members of the ministry of health regarding the AIDS problem in China and to visit Beijing’s Zhongguancun Hi-tech Park as well as some non-governmental organizations...