And for the Europeans, it was clear that the Ariane 5 would become bigger and bigger, and so we needed a mid-class launch vehicle.
"Developing a mid-class launch vehicle in Europe would have cost between three and five billion euros, and building the Soyuz launch pad has been just - if I can say 'just' - around 400 million euros, " he explained.
This trend will only accelerate as the middle class expands in mid-sized and smaller cities, because only one-fifth of lower-income Chinese currently own diamond jewelry.
In fact, the majority of SRI funds in each class outperformed their respective benchmarks, with the exception of the U.S. mid cap and international equity-EAFE class.
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In the mid-1990s I found myself the only non-North Korean in a class studying Chinese in northeast China.
Ladd, an experienced mountain climber as well as world-class kayaker, stops mid-river to instruct the children how to roll their kayaks into the water, and use another kayak to empty the water and get back into their boat.
Small and mid-sized companies will be able to access some of the most comprehensive enterprise- class solutions available today, and Sprint will make it easier for them to take advantage of cloud services and experience the cost savings, scalability and flexibility needed to help them grow.
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When I was an undergraduate in the mid-seventies, the 200 pioneer women in my class would talk about navigating the virile plains of Princeton as a precursor to professional success.
"It's a top class facility that thousands of householders in Mid-Norfolk will welcome, " he said.
How can a somewhat dowdy mid-tier department store chain be put in the same class as Nordstrom and Apple?
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Those mid-wage jobs were often a ticket to the middle class for someone without a college degree, blue and pink collar alike.
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Footitt also had a hand in the removal of Kervezee, catching the 20-year-old at deep mid-wicket as Chesney Hughes, one of nine bowlers used in the innings, claimed his maiden first-class wicket.
Middle-class blacks whose forebears fled the South in mid-century are now leaving Northern cities like New York and heading for Dixie.
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At the mid-point of the semester, they pitch stocks to the class.
The 1990s proved frustrating for those working toward gender equality at HBS. In 1995, women made up only 28 percent of the MBA class the lowest percentage since the mid-1980s.
Other parts of Wales made it into the Royal Mail's top 20 best areas - in mid Wales, more than 92% of first class letters are delivered on time.
She met her future husband in a puppetry class at the University of Maryland in the mid-1950s and the pair created the five-minute TV sketch show Sam and Friends, a precursor to the Muppets that featured an early incarnation of Kermit.
In the mid 1930s, Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, set up the two-class structure as part of their estate planning: the charitable Ford Foundation received most of the shares, but they kept a small block of Class B shares that had voting rights, thus assuring family control.
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