Word: succession
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...senior engineer at Shenzhen-based TCL Mobile Communication, a subsidiary of one of the country's top handset makers, also supports the move to 3G. "I was doubtful about the future of 3G in China, but now I'm fairly optimistic, having witnessed the success of [Apple's] 3G iPhone" in the U.S. and Europe, he says. "Many people were concerned that there would be no use for 3G, since it is not a technology everyone will want to use. But I think we will be successful in promoting Internet-browsing on smart phones with 3G technology...
...fate of the Chinese flavor of 3G technology - named TD-SCDMA while the two existing international standards are known as WCDMA and CDMA200 EV-DO - is less clear. The government has boosted its chances of success by awarding the license for use of the technology to the country's dominant service provider, China Mobile, which boasts a whopping 75% of the subscriber market. China Mobile has tried to get a jump on 3G by handing out free handsets to some 800,000 subscribers beginning last April as part of a trial rollout of the homegrown platform. But the service...
...think we came out flying in the first period, and we tried all we could, but Molly Schaus played a great game for them.”It was Stack, however, who put the Eagles on the scoreboard, receiving the tournament’s MVP award for her success.“Stack and Allie are dangerous on a penalty kill and you know, if it wasn’t Stack, it was probably going to be Allie who put it in,” said Boston College coach Katie King. “They really find...
...Elevated flower beds, chain-rope fences denoting what-were-usually-walkways, and the placement of the facilites in question, had transformed the field into a corral. People were crammed against the sides of the bathrooms, some scrambling to escape the crush by climbing on top (to greater or lesser success), but most were pushing back against the incoming waves of would-be-pee-ers and the had-been-shoved. We were packed so tightly, caught between the pressure of the cripple falling back into us and of the chain behind us, that I couldn’t raise my hand...
...highest awards for engineers, and the institution currently has 2,246 members in the U.S. Inductees are selected from all practices of engineering, including education, practice, and research. Stone said that he was honored and humbled to be elected, crediting his students and collaborators for their contributions to his success. For Stone, the election also had significance beyond the professional recognition—his father, Henry E. Stone was elected in 1981 and is currently an emeritus NAE member. Stone said that his election was a “pleasant surprise” for his father. “There...