Word: transformation
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...product of the Decade has been an explosion in research on women. The numbers and graphs not only visibly describe change, but also have helped transform attitudes. "There were such appalling and unexpected facts," said Vina Mazumdar, director of the Center for Women's Development Studies in New Delhi. "The picture was so against the professed attitude of our political system...
Market experts say Carter will also have to deal with pressures to modernize the NYSE and transform it into a more competitive market. Some investors have criticized the NYSE for being the last major stock exchange to still rely on human trading in addition to computers...
States are shaping their sales pitches to appeal to the Defense chief's drive to transform the military into a nimbler high-tech force that can battle stateless threats like al-Qaeda. South Carolina is touting Shaw Air Force Base as the perfect staging area for F-16s to guard the East Coast from a terrorist air attack. Massachusetts insists that Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford and the Army's research center in Natick are ideal for studying the high-tech hardware Rumsfeld covets, since they're close to science centers like M.I.T. The state also hopes that...
...PROBLEM BE FIXED? The commission's 74 recommendations are designed to transform intelligence by undoing bureaucracies and smashing competing CIA, FBI and Pentagon fiefs. The report stresses the need to develop more human agents instead of relying so much on technology. --By Adam Zagorin...
...PROBLEM BE FIXED? The commission's 74 recommendations are designed to "transform" intelligence by undoing bureaucracies and smashing competing CIA, FBI and Pentagon fiefs. The report stresses the need to develop more human agents instead of relying so much on technology...