Word: todays
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...looking to understand better why Chinese spies have been so eagerly vacuuming the U.S. for military secrets during the past three decades, you could do worse than start in China with the People's Liberation Army. China's military today is so outdated that much of its equipment might well have seen action in the Korean War, and many of its troops are semiliterate. The country's strategic nuclear arsenal is 300 times as small as that of the U.S. The entire arsenal packs about as much explosive power as what the U.S. stuffs into one Trident submarine. China...
...P.L.A. was supposed to unload the businesses and get back to the barracks. While the effort may never be completely successful--the P.L.A. still controls such high-profile properties as Beijing's Poly Plaza complex--it seems at least to have separated the soldiers from the swindlers. Today's army is filled with men and women who want to emulate MacArthur, not Trump...
...ages 18 to 34, according to media analysts, have traditionally watched fewer hours of TV than other demographic groups and remain an especially elusive audience today. "These guys have more media options than any other age group in history," notes FX president Peter Liguori, "and their tastes are more eclectic than ever." Advertisers find it hard to tap into this desirable group, says Larry Divney, president of Comedy Central, the No. 1 cable channel among young men. "Advertisers can get them through network sports, etc.," he says, "but then they have to pay for the waste"--marketers' parlance for middle...
Children need to appreciate the difference between sexual harassment and normal schoolyard taunting, teasing and flirting. "Harassment is not Harry saying to Sally, 'You look hot today.' Kids take that as a compliment," says Nan Stein, a former middle school teacher and currently director of the Project on Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Schools at Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. "Harassment is if he flips up her skirt or tries to pull down her pants. And boys can also be victims of harassment or sexual bullying." The most serious cases could involve sexual touching, bumping or grabbing...
SALUTE-ATORIAN General Norman Schwarzkopf (2), University of Richmond: "America is you, beginning today...