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...billion in reconstruction money approved by Congress, about $10.2 billion will be contracted out by July in tenders, much of it probably going to companies that are not yet here, according to the American administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer. The entrepreneurs on the ground say the know-how they have developed through these hair-raising months will give them a hugely valuable edge over latecomers. Despite anti-U.S. sentiments among some Iraqis, most are hungry for things American after years of living under the embargo and being barred from traveling to the West. U.S. officials still expect...
Performers include regulars to the Harvard theater scene, such as Rupak Battacharya ’05, whose acting know-how stole scenes and brought roaring laughter and applause from the audience. Battacharya says he was first captivated by Ghungroo as an awe-inspired sixth-grader who came to see his older brother Mallar Battacharya ’98 perform in the show. He said he was wowed by the cleverness of the skits and, even at the tender age of 11, knew he wanted to be a part of the action someday...
...Crocco is a huge loss,” Malone said. “He’s an amazing athlete, and he also had a lot of know-how. It was like having a coach on the field with...
...says Bird's strategy is simple: "I want to sell at the lowest price." But it is not quite so simple. As Bird moves outside China, it has to develop local know-how in each new foreign market. And Bird managers acknowledge that they're just starting to overcome the mainland's reputation for shoddy goods and build an international brand. Still, Xu says, "what Chinese manufacturers can do, foreign companies can't do"--and that's make cell phones that are both chic and unbeatably cheap. The phone wars have only just begun. --By Michael Schuman. With reporting...
...those states, well-placed foreign intelligence sources tell TIME. Khan has long been suspected of orchestrating Pakistan's nukes-for-missiles swap with North Korea, and his name even appeared in a 1990 letter from a Dubai middleman to Saddam Hussein offering to sell Iraq the scientist's nuclear know...