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When asked if he has considered expanding or completely overhauling the MPAA ratings system, Glickman said, “I am in a steep learning curve right now so I’m not thinking of reevaluating anything in this job [or doing anything] except learning about it right...
Even Iraqi optimists know that their leaders face an uncommonly steep challenge. Too many citizens still have no jobs, electricity is erratic, and the water is filthy. And no nation can call itself sovereign if it cannot protect its people from terrorism and crime. The interim government is heavily dependent on U.S. soldiers for security and on U.S. dollars for reconstruction. As the restructured Iraqi National Guard began appearing on Iraqi streets, insurgents attacked a unit south of Baghdad, killing six and wounding five...
...where taxes and spending were slashed by Margaret Thatcher two decades ago, some are outraged at a 40% rise in central-government administration costs over the past five years - more than three times the inflation rate. In France, dozens of successful businesspeople have quit the country to avoid a steep wealth tax that Eric Pichet, a business-school professor in Bordeaux, estimates has resulted in €100 billion of assets leaving France - robbing twice as much revenue as the wealth tax generates. Among the advocates for change is Paul Kirchhof, a former judge at Germany's Federal Constitutional Court...
...first floor has grand rooms but no grand staircase. Jefferson saw such things as a waste of space, so he tucked very narrow, steep staircases at each end of the central hall. Fine for him: he lived on the first floor. But women wearing long dresses or carrying a baby or a tray faced a dangerous climb...
...artificial intelligence, Howard is currently developing software that will enable J.P.L.'s forthcoming Mars probes to choose their landing sites and navigate the Martian surface by mimicking the way a human might handle the job. Her "neural network" reacts the same way humans do when facing rugged terrain, avoiding steep grades and accelerating through straightaways...