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...hundred, were supposed to have gone into service by 2015. The Army is now refining its strategy and drafting new requirements for its combat vehicles. In the meantime, it will modernize and maintain its fleet of Abrams tanks until at least 2050, while it simultaneously plans for new lighter weight vehicles. "We are hoping to have a plan around the labor day time period," said the Pentagon's Future Combat Systems spokesman Paul Mehney. The Army, he says, is in the middle of "reassessing" the new requirements. "Everything is on the table." (Read a story about the Army...
...that he drives to work, his iPod, his online virtual-reality avatar “Eon.” He plays online Poker and listens to Radiohead. He talks about Bob Marley. The professor’s words come slowly, but they are razor sharp, and they have the weight of consideration on them. “Something you need to remember about Charlie is that he says everything, no matter what it is, as if it’s the most interesting things you’re going to hear all day,” Meister says...
...Unable to force Piech to give in, Porsche seems to have just run out of time. Its gambit to acquire VW cost Porsche dearly as it piled up a $12 billion mountain of debt to finance stock purchases. With the sports carmaker beginning to struggle under the weight of that debt, Porsche and Piech met in Salzburg, Austria on Wednesday to end the feud. Following that meeting, Porsche issued a statement declaring that the two companies aimed to "develop a corresponding basis for decision-making on the future structure of the common group...
...used to sell donuts and ice water on the streets transformed his humble beginnings into world stardom, and near legendary status in his home country. While carrying the weight of the Philippines on his shoulders in the boxing ring, Pacquiao has also made his marks in politics, business and acting. He can even carry a tune: check out his singing on YouTube. You may even come across one of his three hit singles. Indeed, Pacquiao's worst defeat came outside of the ring, when he lost his bid for a Philippines congressional seat in 2007. Regardless, his popularity has continued...
...reality, Mary’s well-being goes unnoticed in the flood of accusations and revealed secrets.But by the time the story has opened up questions of about snooping and control, the characters have already exploited their potential for depth. Amidon’s people are flattened by the weight of his writing. “She might be twenty-one but she wasn’t born yesterday,” reads one attempt at interior monologue. Even when they finally spring into action, characters are stuck in the stiff mold Amidon has constructed with his prose...