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...more U.S. troops to send to Iraq, or anywhere else. Partly to ensure that an overstretched military doesn't break, Mullen pleased troops in North Carolina on Monday when he told them that the Pentagon soon may begin replacing its Cold War-era assignments to South Korea - one-year tours without family - with three-year deployments with families...
...already compelled by the two wars, Army General Burwell Bell told the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 11. "In 55 years, the Republic of Korea has transformed from a war-ravaged country to one of the most modern, progressive and democratic countries in the world," he said. "Unfortunately, in a modern and vibrant Republic of Korea, the U.S. still rotates service members on one-year, unaccompanied assignments as though this remained an active combat zone...
...Rough sleepers," as homeless people are known in Britain, disguise themselves at all major airports, says Sandie Cox of Heathrow Travel Care, the social care organization overseeing the one-year pilot scheme. Indeed, Chicago's O'Hare airport instituted a homeless outreach in the 1990s. But while the problem may not be unique to Heathrow, several factors make it easier for rough sleepers to blend in. It is the busiest airport in Europe, has more delays than other major hubs, and while it doesn't serve Europe's low-cost carriers, it has still seen the effects of the democratization...
Venter, whose one-year appointment started March 1, will be working with Harvard scientists to further synthetic biology research by creating artificial cells...
...committee will consider proposals in two rounds—a pre-proposal submission due by March 10 and a follow-up final consideration due May 16. The final decisions will be announced on June 23. The program advertises likely funding levels of $100,000 to $150,000 for a one-year period. In the first iteration of the accelerator, the committee reviewed 27 pre-proprosals and 13 final submissions. Kohlberg added that the University hopes to build on the accelerator model with a similar fund for engineering and applied sciences. That fund “is very likely that...