Opposing the "European Energy Charter" -- designed to facilitate an undisciplined crash Western program of energy-related assistance to Moscow center.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Opposing the "European Energy Charter" designed to facilitate an undisciplined crash Western program of energy-related assistance to Moscow center.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Freedom Flame 2013

The main reason it was able to counter the unexpected threat of improvised explosive devices in Iraq was that the Pentagon launched a crash program to build thousands of heavily-protected trucks.

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While PCs have traditionally been the computer of choice in a majority of business environments, Macs and iOS devices are starting to crash Microsoft's party -- and a program like Parallels (and Parallels Mobile) makes it much easier to accomplish everything on one computer.

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The Navy's choice is clear: develop and acquire N-UCAS now, in a low risk, cost-effective manner, or make the false economy of cutting funding now and then developing N-UCAS as a high risk, crash program later.

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When positions and exposures cannot be determined rapidly--as was the case, for example, when program trades overwhelmed the system during the 1987 stock market crash--potential outcomes include highly risk-averse behavior by market participants, sharp declines in market liquidity, and high volatility in asset prices.

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That said, this is not a charity or a non-profit, rather an educational program within a specific niche, giving a crash course to talented personnel who, in many cases, already possess the basic skills to break into the tech sphere.

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Yet the chief reason they campaign for a measured U.S. buck-weakening program is to "correct" our growing external deficit and avoid a dollar crash and financial market chaos.

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