Word: techs
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...second Iraq war in March 2003. It's fair to give Weinberger credit for helping to drive the Soviet Union into history. But it's also fair to note that the current Iraq campaign might be going better if the Pentagon had shucked Weinberger's fascination with high-tech weaponry and instead invested more heavily in the troops and armor needed to seize ground - and hold it while a fledgling democracy tries to take root...
...above the ground, it's the tallest structure in town and supplies 5% of the store's electricity. It's not the only thing that makes this Wal-Mart a green giant. There are photovoltaic shingles on the roof, exterior walls coated with heat-reflective paint and a high-tech system that automatically dims or raises the lights depending on whether it's sunny or overcast. Brent Allen, who manages the experimental store, says customers tell him all the time that "they drove out of their way to shop at this Wal-Mart." Which makes you wonder: If folks drive...
Like just about every ambitious engineering student at China's Tsinghua University in the early 1980s, Li Zheng had his heart set on the high-tech, high-profile electronics field--up until the day he bombed on an electronics exam. But his uncharacteristic classroom stumble led Li to a field that could play an even larger role in China's future: energy production. "I think the choice was a very fortunate one in the end," says Li, who studied thermal engineering and in 2000 became a full professor at Tsinghua--China's M.I.T.--at the remarkably young...
...really fun to hang out withā€”we were like best friends,ā€¯ she said in a high-tech interview conducted over...
...Tuesday, their strategy began to pay off. Duckworth, a 38-year-old former major with the Illinois National Guard who lost both legs during a grenade attack on her helicopter, appeared to have eked out a primary victory over her challenger, tech entrepreneur and two-time candidate Christine Cegelis, by garnering 44% of the vote to Cegelis's 40%. Duckworth will now face a high-stakes fall race against conservative state Sen. Peter Roskam, who himself has had big names like Vice President Dick Cheney helping him amass a war chest topping $1 million...