The road to tech Mecca
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Dubai offers another route, a model inspired not by western democracies but by American-style enterprise, by offering free markets, open immigration, and satellite dishes. Compared to the old regional capitals like Cairo, Beirut, and Damascus, Dubai is trendy, excessive and even synthetic and unique in the Arab world, which is an exception that might serve as an example.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2004
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Farming new tech talent
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The attempts by the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Fargo, to encourage farm boys and girls to take up degree courses suited for them, are reported. The life-story of Jeremy Lee, a farm boy, who is about to graduate in electrical engineering, is also narrated.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2006
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Keeping a lid on Pyongyang; the best military strategy for the Korean Peninsula: tech supremacy
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The best strategy for dealing with North Korea is similar to that which worked to eliminate the old Soviet Union: contain and undermine the regime.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2003
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