Word: rand
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...coming from the U.S. There are not more than 10 or 15 members here, and there is no operational nerve center here." He believes that the headquarters is in Iran and that most of the funding comes from Arab states in the Middle East. Bruce Hoffman, the Rand Corp.'s terrorism expert, says, "I'd look to Tehran or Damascus as the control center." As to financing, Hoffman adds, "My suspicion is that the money Hamas is getting from Iran, and perhaps Syria as well, dwarfs anything they are raising...
...Gemmill (D), 3-0, 3-0. 5. Dockery (H) def. Cohn (D), 3-0, 3-0: 6. Shergalis (H) def. T. Cunningham (D) 3-0, 3-0: 7. Stovell (H) def. Gallegher (D), 3-0, 3-0: 8. Butter (H) def. Merkel (D), 3-0, 3-0: 9. Rand (H) def. Packet...
...with traditional manly values. But when men and women in the enlisted ranks are asked why they joined, they cite pay, training and educational benefits. Those same matters are emphasized in recruitment brochures; only TV ads still play on male bonding. Says Peter Morrison, a military demographer with the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica, California: "Most look at the military as a way to bootstrap their...
...warfare should become essentially irrelevant for these nations, most of which will reduce their armed forces to the minimum necessary for individual or collective defense. "We're not going to see nation-states bullying one another as they have in the past," predicts senior analyst Carl Builder of the Rand Corp...
...second major purpose of military power is to advance a country's interests abroad. "Threats come in many flavors," says Michael Rich, vice president for national security research at the Rand Corp., "and we don't have to wait for a threat before we protect our interests." Assertive military actions in the national interest will continue to include supporting American allies by deploying troops and fleets abroad, guarding access to foreign trade and resources (especially oil), trying to influence regional events and intimidating would-be aggressors...