It would also be able to circle its target for several hours and with on-board TV cameras, allow commanders to assess damage to the target, and, if necessary redirect the missile to another target.

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Acquirers must carefully assess their ability to integrate a potential target, and the risks inherent in the target.

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"It is very difficult to assess how well the government is progressing toward its target of reducing net-migration to the 'tens of thousands', or to evaluate the effects of specific policy changes, " says Dr Martin Ruhs, Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.

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Dr Tharoor noted that the E-9 has a crucial role to play to address vast challenges, underlining the need to assess what can be achieved between now and the 2015 target date, and the critical factors that impede progress.

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But did Neiman Marcus assess whether its customers would want to buy its designs through the Target channel?

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