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American Airlines Orders 260 Planes From Airbus, Boeing and Embraer

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Embraer, the third-largest plane manufacturer, is based near São Paulo, Brazil, and Airbus, the largest, has its headquarters in Toulouse, France. Boeing, the second biggest, is based in Arlington, Va. The E175 typically seats about 76 passengers in economy and premium classes.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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We visited three PTTs [postal, telegraph, and telephone services],” Jacobs said, “in Germany, in France, and in the U.K. A plaque commemorating the ARPANET now stands in front of the Arlington, Va., He recalls traveling through Europe with Kahn, trying to convince organizations to become part of the network. “We

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DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

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Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France. INRA, France. University of Texas at Arlington. Genomic Encyclopedia of Type Strains, Phase I: the one thousand microbial genomes (KMG) project. Laplaze, Laurent. Transcriptome Analysis of Salt Tolerance in Casuarina trees. Martin, Francis. McKay, Robert.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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IEEE FRANCES E. PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS Sponsor: Raytheon Technologies FRED DAUM Raytheon Technologies Arlington, Va. KAHN Corporation for National Research Initiatives Reston, Va. For pioneering technical and leadership contributions in packet communication technologies and foundations of the Internet.”

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