Roman Catholic priests established a small mission on the island in 1866 and converted a few locals to Christianity.
Since even a small mission to an asteroid costs hundreds of millions of dollars, this is not an easy choice, especially considering the growing number of potential collisions that a more detailed survey will probably uncover.
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Still, it should serve as a reminder to all college presidents that sports, while a small part of the university mission as a whole, are a huge factor in shaping the public image of a school and dominate media attention.
On a recent business trip, I had a lively conversation with a small business owner who was on a mission to start a retirement plan.
Wankel had attended a shura, or council of local elders, a few days before, to explain the mission, and a small group of local Pashtun policemen were on hand, but the A.E.
At least a dozen congregations have already left to join Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ, a small association of conservative churches.
Their vessel for this apparently suicidal mission was a small lifeboat, the 22-foot James Caird (named after one of the expedition's sponsors).
He said he hoped the next step would be a demonstration mission to capture something small.
The mission has lost a small robotic "hopper" called Minerva.
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FINCA, a microlender in Uganda, runs a pilot scheme allowing members free treatment for a range of problems at a mission hospital in Kampala, in return for a small quarterly fee.
Mike Anderson. ( 102K AIFF sound or 102K WAV sound) A small advance party planning logistics for the mission already is in place, doing "considerable work" at Hungary's Taszar Air Base, said Capt.
Civilian assistance is important but it represents a small proportion of the overall cost of our mission in Afghanistan.
Even though the U.S. accounts for more than 90 percent of the troop's strength, still it was helpful as the administration was trying to build a coalition to go into Iraq, that dozens of small countries agreed to the mission, because it led to multilateral veneer to what was essentially a U.S. campaign.
The only new mission that nearly got going was a small, low-risk British-sponsored one to Sierra Leone.
The ship is designed to conduct only one primary mission at a time, but its small size, high speed and stealthy design make it well suited to function in treacherous coastal areas where bigger warships seldom venture.
Currently, Nasa has small-scale studies but no plans for a manned mission to Mars.
In part, this may be because small schemes are typically run by committed people with a strong sense of mission, whereas large ones tend to be run by remote bureaucrats.
"Leaf is on a mission to turn standard point of sale into point of smart interactions for small businesses, so it's important that we stay on the cutting edge of technology, " said Aron Schwarzkopf, CEO of Leaf.
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U.S. Army Civil Affairs soldiers were traveling in two vehicles on a "public health-related mission, " when they were "engaged with small-arms fire from an assailant who approached them while the vehicles were stopped in traffic, " Central Command said.
It won't be young anymore, but it will still be small and it will never be a source of job creation like the SBA touts as part of its mission.
It is simply irresponsible for President Clinton in a non- emergency situation and in the face of the expressed opposition of Congress to implicate the United States in such a "peace enforcement" mission -- the predictable effect of his decision to begin the immediate deployment of small numbers of American service personnel to Bosnia.
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