Word: levelness
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...picture-perfect test launch of its Ares I-X prototype rocket, which is being designed to replace the aging space shuttle and ignite a new era in human space exploration. Mission managers took quick advantage of changing weather conditions to blast the rocket through a small hole in upper-level clouds that passed briefly over Launch...
Clinic participants—each involved with basketball at the high school level and below—were privy to a typical Crimson practice as well as a lecture from former NBA player and coach Doug Collins, who currently works as a broadcaster...
...June, Gates charged that Tehran was playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, seeking good relations with Kabul while funneling arms to insurgents. "They profess to have warm relations with the Afghan government," Gates said. "At the same time, they're sending in a relatively modest level of weapons and capabilities to attack ... coalition forces." In August, Afghan forces discovered a cache of weapons - including EFPs - in the western part of the country that shares a border with Iran...
...members in the two wars. Enemy fire had been a factor in none of the Afghan crashes. "In Iraq, helicopter pilots face a greater prospect of being shot at by ground fire," Miller wrote. "In Afghanistan, the greatest threat is the terrain." He described flying in Afghanistan as "'graduate level' piloting more challenging than cruising over the flatlands of Iraq. "It didn't take long to feel the perils of mountainous flying in Afghanistan," he added. "Between Iraq and Afghanistan, most helicopter pilots I've spoken to consider Afghanistan the more dangerous place...
...when the global recession and the collapse of the cattle-ranching market have hit residents hard: How can they continue their decadelong push to market the area as a wildlife destination while also accommodating the needs of the British army? Residents are trying to balance both demands. "The current level of training is high. It's never been this high," says Anthony King, executive director of the Laikipia Wildlife Forum, a conservation group. "Clearly, army training and other land uses [like wildlife tourism] may not always be compatible. There are definitely people who have invested heavily in tourism...