The petition calls for a single system for issuing gun licences as well as more co-operation between authorities.

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The reason that the Navy Marine Corps Intranet has been impervious to intrusions while criminals were stealing terabits of information from other military networks is that it is managed as a single end-to-end system by one well-equipped company.

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As the ICT industry shifts from single to multiple operating system platforms, it opens up new challenges as well as new opportunities.

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"The 1940 system, under which everyone worked toward a single objective, functioned well in rapidly developing manufacturing industries, " says Noguchi.

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But bringing inflation down to single-digit figures and keeping it there, as well as clearing up the banking system, requires political will.

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If all goes well, the system could check up to 1, 200 passengers every hour at a single gate -- a rate quick enough to prevent a logjam at even the busiest terminals.

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