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...turning up pretty regularly in the media: CBS's surprise hit Joan of Arcadia, David Guterson's Our Lady of the Forest, not to mention Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. You can see the appeal of these stories: there's something a touch American about people who transcend ordinary mortal failings to become saints. They're like the spiritual equivalent of Horatio Alger...
...analyzed. The potential is evident in Lipson's vision of how people will use Imagen's algorithm-laden software. "Any data that can be represented as an image is amenable to analysis by Imagen's technology," says Lipson. "It is one of the very few technologies that can transcend different domains, from natural scenes to human faces to trademarks...
...force must transcend traditional military culture as well. The State Department would have to be directly involved in the training, which would include some basic diplomatic skills--knowledge of Islamic culture and mores, familiarity with the Koran and language proficiency. The X-Peacekeepers would also have to train for basic policing--how to talk to people, become part of the community and solicit information. An excellent model exists in the 24-week residential training devised for the Police Corps, an elite national-service program that transforms college students into police officers. In fact, Police Corps and special-forces training...
...force must transcend traditional military culture as well. The State Department would have to be directly involved in the training, which would include some basic diplomatic skills-knowledge of Islamic culture and mores, familiarity with the Koran and language proficiency. The X-Peacekeepers would also have to train for basic policing-how to talk to people, become part of the community and solicit information. An excellent model exists in the 24-week residential training devised for the Police Corps, an ?lite national-service program that transforms college students into police officers. In fact, Police Corps and special-forces training...
...fighting ended. The State Department and the CIA pushed hard for a strategy that would remove only the top layers of Iraq's army and keep most of the rank-and-file intact. They argued that the army was the country's most important unifying national organization, able to transcend ethnic and religious divides...