Over the past few years, however, a newly elected Sandinista government has begun large-scale literacy efforts again.
Spokesmen for the command at Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, said the American units had begun "large scale operations" against Al Qaeda in the Barmal Valley, 120 miles south of Kabul.
In anticipation of those shifts, wireless companies have begun large-scale marketing and advertising campaigns to lure competitors' subscribers and to retain their own.
The son of the great West Saxon king Egbert (ruled 802 839), Aethelwulf ascended the throne four years after the Danes had begun large-scale raids on the English coast.
Its rapid revenue growth, however, has begun attracting large competitors like Yahoo, which has acquired Overture, a leading search ad provider.
The Fire Department, acting on its pledge of a sweeping outside appraisal of its response to the World Trade Center attack, has begun interviewing large management consulting firms about a study of the department's command procedures, communications and other operations.
As Iraq has begun raising larger sums for goods to relieve citizens' hardships, relief organizations have asked Mr. Annan to look at longer-term development projects in Iraq.
(AP) ASIA INDIA: DROUGHT RELIEF The government has begun a large-scale relief effort for the drought-stricken states of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan has begun a large-scale vaccination campaign to immunize 2.4 million people against an outbreak of yellow fever in the restive region of Darfur, the United Nations said Monday.
Cogito, another company with ties to the media lab, has begun a large-scale trial of the technology with the V.A. Boston Health Care System, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, backed by the Defense Department and Raytheon, a military contractor.
