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...Rand Corporation in Washington. "Possible examples include submarine engines, fire control systems for air defense missile batteries, or over-the-horizon targeting." The Chinese want such technology because the People's Liberation Army has been on a modernization drive. It has cut forces by hundreds of thousands of personnel and revised its strategies from human-wave attacks toward surgical strikes. The short-term objective is not necessarily the capability to invade Taiwan?which China regards as a renegade province?but to possess the missiles and submarines that would make a threat of invasion credible enough should Taiwan ever think...
Harvard senior Ryan Fitzpatrick added his name to yet another elite list yesterday, becoming only the second player in the history of the NFL combine to earn a perfect score on the Wonderlic Personnel Test, a 50-question, 12-minute intelligence exam administered to all participating draft hopefuls...
...dealing with the delicate issue of Taiwan, most governments follow the American model. They vow at regular intervals that they recognize only One China?the People's Republic?but then send diplomatic personnel to Taipei (under commercial cover), trade with the Un-China, and maintain discreet official contact. The much heavier burden of maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait?making sure China doesn't try to take Taiwan by force, or Taipei doesn't provoke Beijing into trying?is shouldered by Washington alone...
...generates revenue. Advertising income exceeds their operating costs (about $50,000 monthly in server costs and salaries for eight employees, press representative Chris R. Hughes ’06 says), giving the company freedom to invest the difference back into the company to pay for things like server and personnel expansions. Advertising is planned to cover those expansion needs and nothing more...
...look at personnel, there’s a large crossover between the Advocate and Present!,” admits Hwang. “When I think of the Advocate, though, I think of darkened rooms, cigarettes, and clicking your fingers listening to poetry. That has its place as well, but Present! is more whimsical. Art holds significance for them in a different...