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President George W. Bush was widely criticized for failing to focus before 9/11 on what U.S. intelligence knew of al-Qaeda's threat to America. But was President Barack Obama similarly remiss in the months before the attempted Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound airliner? So far, the White House hasn't provided enough information to make the judgment...
...developing world prefer to manage their technology in-house. The fact that Indian companies are relative unknowns in many parts of the world hasn't helped. Castelli says that one problem marketing the TCS brand name in Latin America has been that tata in Spanish means "daddy." "Nobody knew if we were talking about our father or the company owner or what," Castelli says. "It took time to explain that Tata was an Indian IT company...
Paradoxically, Merkel's life under communism may have helped when it came to starting a political career as the Iron Curtain began to crumble. She knew how to navigate around blockages and when to keep a low profile. Her rise to prominence went all but unnoticed, except by the rivals she deftly derailed along the way. Elected to the first parliament of the reunited Germany, she was appointed a Cabinet minister by Chancellor Helmut Kohl just one year later. He called her das Mädchen, "the girl." She was used to sexism. "There was no real equality...
...Kate] knew that time was doable,” Morawski said. “She got a commanding lead and got stronger as the race went along. She’s been training well so it’s not much of a surprise...
...Robinson got them off to a great start,” Morawski said. “Katy [Hinkle] loves to race. She knew she would have to be fast if they had a chance at that record...