WASHINGTON (AP) — The military contractor Lockheed Martin said its first-quarter earnings rose 6percentt as higher sales of space equipment, missiles and other combat tools offset a dip in sales of fighter jets.
If so, like the increased use of helicopters earlier this year as the anti-Assad fighters' effective use of makeshift bombs spiked sharply upward, it could be a sign that the Syrian military has fewer combat tools at its disposal than before, and fewer options for pushing its foes back.
Mao considered the bank, which provides loans and expertise to combat poverty, a tool of imperialist aggression, but now China is its third-largest shareholder, and is openly determined to acquire greater say in international economic institutions.
To further reduce biases, we use the batch effect elimination tool, ComBat, to eliminate the batch effects that exist in independent datasets [ 15].
Enhancements to combat, toy-box tools and vehicle handling combine with the new space dog-fights, racing and more generous cross-over characters to deliver just what fans of the series have been asking for.
Research is also needed in exploring the most effective techniques or combination of educational, deterrent and punitive techniques and machine detection tools to combat the use of online paraphrasing tools and article spinners and other forms of academic malpractice.
Connection and dialogue are primarily tools of understanding, not tools of combat.
"Now, at least we have a real tool to combat it".
Congress must also recognize its own failure to give Medicare an important tool to combat fraud and waste.
