Word: thousands
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...Qiao Liang, a P.L.A. colonel who is about to publish a book called Decisive Strike, is among those in China who wonder if America has the stomach for a showdown. "Is the U.S. prepared to spend all its national wealth defending Taiwan?" he asks. "Because China will be a thousand Afghanistans...
...family history has helped. "Every time I talk about my father," she says "I feel I learn something new." Nearly 6 million Jews from Central and Eastern Europe perished in the Holocaust. Many more moved away after the war. Outside the old Soviet Union only a few hundred thousand remain. Survivors like Judit Kinszki, who remember the way things were, are a dwindling few. They have a story to tell, and now there are places to tell...
...year ago the events on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 found me alone a few thousand feet above Corpus Christi, Texas. I was about 20 minutes into a routine training flight in my T-45 Goshawk (the Navy’s jet trainer) when the radio traffic suddenly got very busy. Within a few short minutes, I was instructed to abort my flight, return to base and land as soon as possible. Once on the ground, as I shut down my jet, a member of the ground crew climbed up to the canopy and told me over the noise...
...sailboat, it has often been said, is a hole in the water into which one pours money. Weekend sailors joke that boat is an acronym for Bring Out Another Thousand. A used 18-ft. sloop can cost $10,000, while a new 36-ft. two-masted ketch can run $100,000 and up. And then there's the maintenance and the commitment to sail from a single port. Sailing courses, however, free their students from these costs and limitations. That's because U.S. certifications are accepted in most ports around the country and the world. Graduates can use their certification...
...personal shopper. For $1,500 a day, she'll take you and your friends to the chic boutiques in Paris and make sure you get the treatment from the snooty sales assistants that your hard-earned greenbacks deserve. But just in case you don't have an extra few thousand to unload, here are some of her secrets. They should work at the mall...