The rifleman was stationed near Cu Chi and was part of Alpha Company, for whom he walked point or flank for 63 days.

BBC: Return to Vietnam

Vega is not actually part of the true Greek alphabet (Alpha-Beta) that is so beloved by financial quants etc and yet it fits neatly into the family tree of performance benchmarks.

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Theorists, for their part, have been worrying about what might cause alpha to change, and what change would imply for the stability of its components.

ECONOMIST: Fundamental physics

Thalidomide works, in part, by blocking the production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, a biochemical which promotes inflammation in the body.

ECONOMIST: Thalidomide

Separately, CrackBerry has heard the same from its sources, along with word that more internal employees are becoming a part of the beta test group (already plugging away since May on alpha dev units like the one shown above) as well.

ENGADGET: RIM is taking two BlackBerry 10 beta units on tour soon for carrier previews