Word: oceaneering
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...Mediterranean. But after Sept. 11, the United States has become increasingly concerned that dependence on Middle Eastern oil could jeopardize national security. As a result, Russia’s five largest oil companies have been looking into constructing a pipeline from Western Siberia to Murmansk on the Arctic Ocean. From there, a supertanker could transport oil to the eastern seaboard of the United States, helping to alleviate its dependence on OPEC...
...truck and train for piecemeal manufacturing, Boeing's contractors will build complete component systems (a fully wired wing, say) to be snapped together at final assembly. To speed the process, Boeing will build three 747s to haul the components. "Instead of huge sections of the 7E7 bobbing around the ocean for a month, we can get them to the final assembly site in a day," says Mike Bair, the head of the plane's development program. "It's far more efficient and will save up to 40% in transportation and inventory costs...
...Hambali, who a regional intelligence official says is being interrogated at the joint British-American air base on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, knew more, according to his own account. Hambali said he recruited the four members of the cell on behalf of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11 who was al-Qaeda's military commander until his arrest in Pakistan in March. Mohammed told Hambali that the cell's mission involved hijacking a plane, and instructed him to get in touch in Malaysia with an activist named Zaeni, whom Hambali knew had trained...
...that people make when I say it—or the assumptions that I make about them making assumptions. I hate being asked my SAT scores by strangers. I understand now why Harvard students, much as we like to gripe about our lives, have traditionally avoided flying across the ocean for a semester or two. The world views us as nerdy freaks...
...globalized world. Standardization and homogenization are the rule. Same McDonald’s the world over, with regional flavorings. Same Coca-Cola, same World Trade Organization. In this “global community,” Britain and America are siblings, prevented from squabbling too much by a little ocean and a few hundred years of history. In an age of monopolistic record companies and internet file-sharing, you could be forgiven for expecting everyone to listen to the same music—whatever the corporate gods see fit to entertain us. Everyone likes talking about Radiohead, everyone is afflicted...