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...that any satellite antimissile system could lead to more emphasis on low-flying missiles, like the cruise, that would not be vulnerable to space defenses. The satellites could also be vulnerable. "Many potential counters, such as decoys or space mines, have the power to neutralize space-based systems," says Stanford University Physicist and Arms Control Expert Sidney Drell. His colleague Arthur Schawlow, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on developing the laser, agrees: "A laser battle station out in space would be a sitting duck...
...noon on its first day of trading is simply that the company has massive growth potential, especially internationally. Visa Europe will remain a separate company for now, but "in the developing world, we are just scraping the surface," says Clifford Tan, an economist and visiting scholar at the Stanford Center For international Development. Visa's U.S. revenue grew a healthy 23% in fiscal year 2007, but its international revenue soared 57% over 2006. And as formerly cash-based economies in South Korea, China and India embrace the new electronic forms of payments - mobile phone-based transactions are garnering the most...
...Stanford Law School Dean Larry D. Kramer said it was “unclear” whether the initiative is more generous than loan forgiveness programs, according to The New York Times. He added that traditional loan forgiveness programs might encourage those students who enter public-interest law to stay there, in contrast to Harvard’s new program, which requires only a five-year commitment...
...slight, assertive woman who wore a winter hat in place of her usual hijab, Dr. Mohammed said she found her way to the Radcliffe Institute with the help of friends at American universities. One was University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Susan Stanford Friedman...
...their prize money, the day’s winners said they were still deciding. “No plans,” Miller said. “I used to just save my money, but I should probably do something creative with it.” Princeton, MIT, Stanford, and Duke rounded out the top five schools this year...