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...could actually benefit the U.S. Zakaria, who was born in Bombay and educated at Yale and Harvard, said that since these nations have so far avoided the “bellicose” confrontations that often accompany rapid growth, peaceful relations between these countries and the West would likely persist. In addition, Zakaria said that it is unlikely that cultural differences will lead to future conflict. “There is much more Westernization than people want to admit,” Zakaria said of the developing world. “The only way to be modern...
...ways of thinking about warfare. Gates may still be smarting from the fact that when he was CIA chief in 1992, the Air Force refused to invest in a spy drone because it didn't have a pilot. The same kinds of disputes, most notably in the Air Force, persist today over Iraq and Afghanistan. "I've been wrestling for months to get more intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets into the theater," he said at the Montgomery, Ala., base. "Because people were stuck in old ways of doing business, it's been like pulling teeth. While we've doubled this...
...trouble with American's MD-80s cropped up during a phase one inspection, Duquette says, and, when rechecked during phase two, was found to persist on 15 airplanes. Fasteners designed to secure wires to keep them from chafing were installed too far apart, and in some cases backwards. That's when the FAA - sensitive about complaints from its own workers that it had been too cozy with Southwest Airlines, which had been allowed to keep its planes flying without required inspections to detect fuselage cracks - insisted American ground its MD-80 fleet until the required work was repaired...
...although most cities and towns have resumed a cautious normality, few Haitians feel reassured. The high cost of living continues to persist; and the government is virtually non-existent. Worse, there's no guarantee when a new administration will be installed. And even if one is established, will it be equipped to handle the country's problems any better than the one that was just removed...
...developing his signature style since the 1970s, later joining the influential Rock Steady Crew. He appeared as the face of the break-dancing craze on the cover of the Village Voice and later performed in the movie Beat Street. An acrobatic, charismatic dancer, Frost created gravity-defying moves that persist today as some of the most challenging and daring in hip-hop, like the "suicide," in which a dancer must land a full flip flat on his back. He died at 44 after a long illness...