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...Success breeds imitators. Amazon is about to be attacked by a squadron of would-be Kindle killers that are being brought to market by some of the biggest names in consumer electronics and publishing. To complicate the increasingly competitive landscape even further, Apple and, according to rumor, Microsoft are working on tablet computers that could prove to be handy e-readers but with more functions and features, such as video-display capability and full Web browsers. The year "2009 is a breakout year for e-readers," says Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst with Forrester Research. "But we're still...
...planes, but it had actually already spent $65 billion for 187 of them. Supporters maintained that more F-22s are needed so that each of the 10 Air Expeditionary Forces that project U.S. airpower in different corners of the world could have its own 24-plane squadron. But critics said the Air Force should get used to dispatching such costly warplanes only as needed - as it does with bombers and spy planes. "We're not saying the F-22 isn't a good airplane," McCain argued on the floor. "We're saying it is time to end the production...
...honest: if we are to combat the scourge of modern piracy, then force must be used against force. When Tripoli demanded tribute from the U.S. in return for not capturing Americans at sea, Thomas Jefferson noted, "The style of the demand admitted but one answer. I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean." Right then; right...
...small car company in Milan. By 1920, he was racing for Alfa Romeo, and he took first prize in the Savio Circuit in 1923. Impressed by the fearlessness of the young racer, the father of World War I flying ace Francesco Baracca presented Ferrari with his son's squadron badge. It depicted a prancing horse on a yellow shield, which would become the Ferrari symbol...
...such experience. The key point is that there are few experiences that can genuinely prepare one for—much less replicate—the complex strategic tradeoffs faced by the commander-in-chief of a nation at war. A good counterexample might be commanding a wartime squadron during combat. However, as former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark recently pointed out, none of the current candidates can claim that experience. While valiant, Clark insisted on CBS’s Face the Nation, John McCain’s action in Vietnam did not demand the same type...