Christine Fair, an assistant professor and Pakistan expert at Georgetown University.

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"I think this reflects Xi's mind-set, his view of China's strength and relations with the outside world, " said Li Mingjiang, an assistant professor and China security-policy expert at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

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Julie Silver, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and expert in rehabilitation medicine, developed STAR after her own treatment for breast cancer, which she says left her too sick to care for her family or return to work.

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This goal, of course, is hardly unique to Google, says Hyun-Yeul Lee, assistant professor of Communiction at Boston University and expert in design, media, and technology.

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Anthony Cordesman, an energy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former national security assistant to McCain, says trying to solve the problem by focusing on supply or demand won't help the U.S. achieve energy independence.

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Concerned, I called up Jessica Miles, an assistant clinical professor at the family law clinic at Seton Hall University School of Law, and an expert on domestic violence-related legal issues.

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