So far, the transition to Panamanian operation of the canal, which handles 13, 000 ships annually, representing 14% of all U.S. trade, is proceeding smoothly.

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Techniques developed to deal with interlinked, heterogenous data acquired by massive web companies will be our main tools as the rest of us transition to digital-native operation.

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As Alex Boraine, who served as deputy to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the commission, reminds us, the offer of forgiveness which formed the centrepiece of the commission was the outcome of compromise between white minority rulers and the unenfranchised black majority: the price of securing a peaceful transition, and in particular the co-operation of the apartheid security services.

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Because of this transition to a broader, NATO-based coalition, the risk and cost of this operation -- to our military and to American taxpayers -- will be reduced significantly.

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