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...really failing to develop our most competitive resources—our people,” said Roy J. Bostock, chair of the Committee for Economic Development (CED), an independent think tank, told an audience...

Author: By Christine M. Delucia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panelists Argue For More Early Education | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

...that dream became a reality in the form of the HyShot scramjet. A scramjet (that's top-gun shorthand for "supersonic ramjet") is a jet engine that is powered by oxygen it scoops out of the air as it flies, so it's not weighed down by a fuel tank (though it needs an initial boost to get going). This summer's launch represents the first time a scramjet has flown outside of a wind tunnel. It will take years of work before scramjets are available for practical uses, but they could eventually revolutionize space launches and commercial flights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Go | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...stretching from North Africa to Central Asia," says Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to NATO. "The big threat is the nexus of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction." In Prague, NATO will commit to transforming itself into an alliance that can respond rapidly to that threat. It needs fewer tank brigades and more special forces; fewer regional air bases and more long-range aircraft; a leaner command structure with fewer static commanders and more mobile ones. Last May, alliance foreign ministers quietly lifted the taboo on "out of area" tasks; from now on, NATO would, if necessary, meet its enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's NATO For? | 11/17/2002 | See Source »

...speed up - much less to achieve - the much-touted reform of our military. Hungary today is not better equipped to contribute to the alliance than it was the day we joined." The Hungarian military remains, in the words of one observer, a "mini-mass army" with almost as many tanks as France and a fleet of vehicles that is decades out of date - few of which are readily deployable. When the U.S. asked allies to contribute to the war on terror, all Hungary could offer was a team of medical specialists, but without any equipment or means to get them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lacks Discipline, Must Try Harder | 11/17/2002 | See Source »

Frozen in time, the toilet is a chain-pull model with a tank above the bowl that works through gravity...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sophomores Living It Up, Presidential Style | 11/8/2002 | See Source »

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