For these reasons, we at the Center for Security Policy are convinced that the National Aerospace Plane must become a high profile, "national" program funded at a level determined by the maturity of the associated technology.

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Wednesday's developments further heightened the drama of a high-profile showdown between Issa and Holder over the Fast and Furious program that dates back to subpoenas issued by the House committee last year.

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Confidantes in New York and Washington indicate Ferraro is delaying the announcement because she does not want to jeopardize her high-profile position as a commentator on CNN's "Crossfire" program.

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The "Instant Personalization" program takes Facebook's social plug-ins even further by automatically importing Facebook profile information to third-party partners.

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"Property developers in Hong Kong have a very mixed profile, " said professor Richard Welford, deputy director of the Corporate Environmental Governance Program at Hong Kong University.

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Instead, they choose to shroud the whole process in mystery even with such high-profile partners as Microsoft, which has offered up its Bing Maps software for the program.

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"We look at the athlete's specific profile, his specific muscles balance or dominance patterns, and then we design a neuromuscular training program that helps him avoid injuries, " Hewett says.

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Then, program one TecTile in a conference room to automatically launch each user's unique, custom "meeting" Profile upon tapping.

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