For example, when Defense Secretary Robert Gates decided to surge production of armored trucks for the Iraq counter-insurgency campaign in 2007, it was discovered there was only one steel plant in the nation producing steel of sufficient strength to meet military needs.

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But the effects of jitters over the strength of that U.S. consumption shows that one of the most important reforms China needs now is to reduce its vulnerability to U.S. consumers by boosting consumption at home.

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With the success behind it, SpaceX still needs to demonstrate the long-term strength of its business model, according to Howard McCurdy, a space policy expert and professor of public affairs at American University in Washington, D.

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And that phenomenon, Rawashdeh noted, is yet another sign that Twitter fully realizes it needs to settle for nothing short of industrial-strength infrastructure.

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It has a certain strength, in a brute force kind of way, but it is hypersensitive, over-reactive, and needs to be re-envisioned.

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Other options, like the strength of your coffee, can be changed easily on the display screen from cup to cup to suit the needs of friends and family.

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